Hegira

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

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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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His journey through Texas was a complete ovation, instead of a hegira.
Southern Literature From 1579-1895|Louise Manly
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.
The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Until the Hegira, until he was fifty-one, the character of the founder of Islam is a matter of speculation and dispute.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells

The Mormon hegira planted the first of the island settlements in the heart of the desert.
The Last American Frontier|Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson

British Dictionary definitions for hegira

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Hejira

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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Word Origin and History for hegira

1580s, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons, from Medieval Latin hegira, from Arabic hijrah "departure," from hajara "to depart."

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