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Hegira

//ˈhɛd͡ʒɪɹə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Hijra. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.

    "By all odds the most remarkable westward migration before the California gold rush of 1849 was the Mormon hegira to the Great Salt Lake basin."

  2. 2
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “exodus; emigration”). Doublet of hijra.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin hegira, from Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “Hijra; emigration”), from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “to emigrate; to abandon”). Doublet of Hijra, directly from Arabic.

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