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Definition of Hegira

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment.

Definition of Hegira

1. 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.

Definition of Hegira

1. Proper noun. The emigration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 (C.E.) to escape persecution. ¹

2. Proper noun. The beginning of the Muslim era, equivalent to July 16, 622, by the Julian calendar of the day. ¹

3. Noun. A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hegira

1. an exodus [n -S] - See also: exodus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hegira

hegemonise hegemonised hegemonises hegemonising hegemonist hegemonistic hegemonists hegemonize hegemonized hegemonizes

hegemonizing hegemons hegemony hegge hegges hegira hegiras hegumen hegumene hegumenes

hegumenies hegumenos hegumenoses hegumens hegumeny hehs heiau heiaus heid

Literary usage of Hegira

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy by Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla (1814)
"The aera of the Hegira is that used by the greater part of the followers of Mahomet : it is employed by the Arabs, the Turks, the various nations in Africa, ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"This date, July 16, is in most books of chronology given erroneously as the date of the hegira itself. The Mohammedan calendar is regulated entirely by the ..."

3. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"From the Hegira to the Death of Mohammed, 622-632 AD — This flight of the prophet from Mecca is the Hegira, the point from which the Mohammedan world ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"The reduction of the years of the Hegira to the corresponding period in the Christian computation, •where strict accuracy is not required, may l>e performed ..."

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