 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Hegira
noun
1: 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 [syn: {Hejira}]
2: a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile
environment [syn: {exodus}, {hejira}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hegira \He*gi"ra\ (?; 277), noun [Written also {hejira}.] [Ar.
hijrah flight.]
The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, adjective d. 622
(subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem
era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of
Mohammed.
Note: The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not
from the date of the flight, but from the first day of
the Arabic year, which corresponds to July 16, adjective d.
622.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "hegira":
AWOL, French leave, abandonment, absence without leave,
absquatulation, bolt, decampment, departure, desertion,
disappearance, disappearing act, egress, elopement, escape,
evacuation, exit, exodus, flight, fugitation, getaway, going,
hasty retreat, leaving, parting, passing, quick exit, removal,
retirement, retreat, running away, scramming, skedaddle,
skedaddling, walkout, withdrawal
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