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Hegira
[hi-jahy-ruh, hej-er-uh]
noun
Islam.a variant spelling of Hijra.
(lowercase)Also hejira any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place.
Hegira
/ ˈɛɪə /
noun
the departure of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in 622 ad ; the starting point of the Muslim era
the Muslim era itself See also AH
(often not capital) an emigration escape or flight
Word History and Origins
Origin of Hegira1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Hegira1
Example Sentences
There appear to be some discrepancies in the Year of the Hegira, particularly in the sidenotes.
The Mahommedan year is a lunar one, about 11 days shorter than the Christian; allowance must be made for this in translating Hegira dates into Christian dates; thus A.H.
It has thus come to pass that "The Removal" is a great epoch in our annals—our Hegira—the A. U. C. of all Quodlibetarians.
It was his Hegira, whence he returned a full-fledged Prophet of the French.
Father Montoya, chief Jesuit, has left an account of the Hegira which he led down the river.
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