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Hegira

Hegira Meaning & Definition
Hegira Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hegira?

[n] a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hegira: exodus | hejira

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hegira: abandonment | absence without leave | absquatulation | AWOL | bolt | decampment | departure | desertion | disappearance | disappearing act | egress | elopement | escape | evacuation | exit | exodus | flight | French leave | fugitation | getaway | going | hasty retreat | leaving | parting | passing | quick exit | removal | retirement | retreat | running away | scramming | skedaddle | skedaddling | walkout | withdrawal

See Also | escape | flight

Hegira In Webster's Dictionary

\He*gi"ra\ (?; 277), n. [Written also {hejira}.] [Ar. hijrah flight.] The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed. Note: The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic year, which corresponds to July 16, A. D. 622.

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