Hegira

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A flight to escape danger.
  • n. The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D., marking the beginning of the Muslim era.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, a. d. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See hejira.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
  • n. the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year
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