Word
Hegira
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
heg-i-ra
Definition
- 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.
- 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
- noun - A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
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