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Hejira

WordNet
  1. (n) hejira
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
  2. (n) 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
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Hejira
    the flight of Mohammed from Mecca, 15th July 622 A.D., from which is dated the Mohammedan era: any flight.
  2. Hejira
    . See Hegira.
Usage in the news

The Fool's Hejira to Denver for the GABF. blog.seattlepi.com

Usage in literature

Mohammed died in Medina in the year of our Lord 632, or year 11 of the Hejira. "Famous Men of the Middle Ages" by John H. Haaren

In preaching a hejira to the country, I do not forget the interests of the children. "The Fat of the Land" by John Williams Streeter

Jelal-ud-deen Mahalli was a commentator of the ninth century of the Hejira. "A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád'" by Moulavi Gerágh Ali

The ruins at Al Balad and Robat were last inhabited during the Persian occupation, about the time of the Crusades, 500 of the Hejira. "Southern Arabia" by Theodore Bent

It was conquered about the year 19 or 20 of the Hejira. "Les Parsis" by D. Menant

Thus he made his hejira or flight to Gedir, and there appointed his four Khalifas. "Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892" by F. R. Wingate

It was during one such week-end hejira that John Gailbraith returned from abroad. "My Actor-Husband" by Anonymous