Hegira

[ hi-jahy-ruh, hej-er-uh ]

/ hɪˈdʒaɪ rə, ˈhɛdʒ ər ə /

Islam. Hijra.

(lowercase) Also hejira. any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place.

Origin of Hegira

< Medieval Latin < Arabic; see Hijra

His journey through Texas was a complete ovation, instead of a hegira.

Southern Literature From 1579-1895 |Louise Manly
One has no recollection of things that happened before the Hegira.

The Secret Witness |George Gibbs
We have made a very pleasant party for our hegira this evening-among others the Morleys.

The Parisians, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Until the Hegira, until he was fifty-one, the character of the founder of Islam is a matter of speculation and dispute.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George Wells

The Mormon hegira planted the first of the island settlements in the heart of the desert.

The Last American Frontier |Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson

Hegira

/ (ˈhɛdʒɪrə) /

the departure of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in 622 ad; the starting point of the Muslim era

the Muslim era itself See also AH

(often not capital) an emigration escape or flight

Also called: Hijrah

C16: from Medieval Latin, from Arabic hijrah emigration or flight