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

Hegira

noun
 
/ˈhedʒɪrə/,
 
/hɪˈdʒaɪrə/
 
/ˈhedʒɪrə/,
 
/hɪˈdʒaɪrə/
(also Hejira)
(also Hijra)
[singular]
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  1. (usually the Hegira)
     the occasion when Muhammad left Mecca to go to Medina in AD 622
  2. the period that began at this time; the Muslim era
    3. Word Originvia medieval Latin from Arabic hijra ‘departure’, from hajara ‘emigrate’.
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