Hegira
- Proper noun. The emigration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 (C.E.) to escape persecution.
- Proper noun. The beginning of the Muslim era, equivalent to July 16, 622, by the Julian calendar of the day.
- Noun. A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.
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