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Noun hegira has 2 senses
- Hegira, Hejira - 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
--1 is a kind of escape, flight
- exodus, hegira, hejira - a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
--2 is a kind of escape, flight
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