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Definition of Hijra noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Hijra

noun
 
/ˈhɪdʒrə/
 
/ˈhɪdʒrə/
(also Hejira, Hegira)
[singular]
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  1. (usually the Hijra)
     the occasion when Muhammad left Mecca to go to Medina in AD 622
  2. the period that began at this time; the Muslim era
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