hegira
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1. hegira - Noun
2. Hegira - Proper noun
Meaning
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
exodus
hejira
release
leave
going
flight
escape
journey
removal
retirement
retreat
departure
migration
withdrawal
exit
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For example, the Islamic calendar dates not from the date of the Hegira (16 May AD 622) but from the following new year (16 July AD 622).
“This is the lesson we draw from the First Hegira, and people are not happy with imported radical ideas,” he said.