Hegira

[ hi-jahy-ruh, hej-er-uh ]

/ hɪˈdʒaɪ rə, ˈhɛdʒ ər ə /

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noun

Islam. Hijra.

(lowercase) Also hejira. any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place.

Origin of Hegira

< Medieval Latin < Arabic; see Hijra

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Examples from the Web for hegira

His journey through Texas was a complete ovation, instead of a hegira.
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One has no recollection of things that happened before the Hegira.
The Secret Witness|George Gibbs
We have made a very pleasant party for our hegira this evening-among others the Morleys.
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Until the Hegira, until he was fifty-one, the character of the founder of Islam is a matter of speculation and dispute.
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The Mormon hegira planted the first of the island settlements in the heart of the desert.
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British Dictionary definitions for hegira

Hegira

Hejira

/ (ˈhɛdʒɪrə) /

noun

the departure of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in 622 ad; the starting point of the Muslim era

the Muslim era itselfSee also AH

(often not capital) an emigration escape or flight

Also called: Hijrah

Word Origin for Hegira

C16: from Medieval Latin, from Arabic hijrah emigration or flight

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