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hegiras

hegiras is the plural of hegira.

Meaning of hegira

Noun

hegira (plural hegiras)

  1. A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.
    • By all odds the most remarkable westward migration before the California gold rush of 1849 was the Mormon hegira to the Great Salt Lake basin.1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom, Oxford, published 2003, page 43

Questions about hegiras

What is hegiras the plural of?
Hegiras is the plural of hegira.

Words near hegiras in the dictionary

  1. Heggie
  2. Heggies
  3. Heggs
  4. Hegins
  5. hegira
  6. hegiras
  7. Hegirian
  8. Hegland
  9. Heglands
  10. Hegler
  11. Heglers

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