hegira

See also: Hegira and hégira

English

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Etymology

From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “exodus; emigration”). Doublet of hijra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪɹə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

hegira (plural hegiras)

  1. A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.
    • 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom, Oxford, published 2003, page 43:
      By all odds the most remarkable westward migration before the California gold rush of 1849 was the Mormon hegira to the Great Salt Lake basin.

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