HEGIRA


Meaning of HEGIRA in English

[he.gi.ra] also he.ji.ra n [the Hegira, flight of Muhammad from Mecca in a.d. 622, fr. ML, fr. Ar hijrah, lit., flight] (1753): a journey esp. when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation: exodus

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