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Hij⋅ra

  [hij-ruh]
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–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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