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He⋅gi⋅ra

  [hi-jahy-ruh, hej-er-uh]
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–noun
1. Islam. Hijra.
2. (lowercase) Also, hejira. any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place.
Origin:
< ML < Ar; see Hijra

Hij⋅ra

  [hij-ruh]
–noun (sometimes lowercase) Islam.
1. the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era.
2. the Muslim Era itself.
Also, Hegira, Hijrah.

Origin:
< Ar hijrah flight, departure
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he·gi·ra also he·ji·ra   (hĭ-jī'rə, hěj'ər-ə)   
n.  

  1. A flight to escape danger.

  2. also Hegira The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D., marking the beginning of the Muslim era.


[Medieval Latin, from Arabic hijra, emigration, flight, from hajara, to depart; see hgr in Semitic roots.]
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hegira 
1590, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons. From Arabic hijrah "departure," from hajara "to depart."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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