What does hegira mean?
Hegira means A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus..
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/ˈhɛd͡ʒɪɹə/ · noun
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.
Use hegira when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hegira means A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus..
Common synonyms include exodus, hejira.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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