Hegira

/ˈhɛd͡ʒɪɹə/

Synonyms for "hegira" (50 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(3 words)

exodus defection departure

abandonmentabsence without leaveabsquatulation awol bolt decampment departure

Strong matches (15)

desertion disappearancedisappearing actegress elopement escape evacuation exit exodus flightfrench leavefugitation

Noun(3 words)

diaspora emigration flight

Related words (25)

getaway goinghasty retreatleaving parting passingquick exitremoval retirement retreatrunning awayscramming skedaddle skedaddling walkout withdrawal

Noun(9 words)

hejira hijra hijrah journey migration pilgrimage secessionspiritual journeyvoyage

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More general

6 entries

escape exodus flight journey migration pilgrimage

More specific

9 entries

Mecca to Medina migrationinner journeymass emigrationmoral voyageorganizational defectionpolitical exodusrefugee flightspiritual pilgrimageurban relocation

Collocations

6 entries

Islamic Hijracapital flightdiaspora formationemigration wavemass exodusreligious migration

Inflections

1 entries

hegiras

Derivations

1 entries

hijra

Sample sentences

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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.

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