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hejira

hejira is the alternative form 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

Forms of hejira

pluralhejiras

Questions about hejira

What is hejira the alternative form of?
Hejira is the alternative form of hegira.

Words near hejira in the dictionary

  1. Hejazi
  2. Hejazian
  3. Hejazians
  4. Hejin
  5. Hejing
  6. hejira
  7. hejiras
  8. Hejl
  9. Hejls
  10. Hejlsberg
  11. hejra

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