- 1the Hegira the occasion when Muhammad left Mecca to go to Medina in A.D. 622
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- 2the period which began at this time; the Muslim era
Hegira
nounNAmE//hɪˈdʒaɪrə//, NAmE//ˈhɛdʒɪrə//
(also Hijra) [singular]Check pronunciation: Hegira