- Hegira⇄Hegira, noun.
1. the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622. The Moslems use a calendar reckoned from this date. The abbreviation A.H. following a date signifies ""after the Hegira.""
2. the Moslem era. Also, Hejira. - hegira⇄hegira, noun.
departure; flight.
Ex. the summer hegira from the cities to the coast and lakes. Completely contrary to the famous trip of the salmon, which crowds the rivers and creeks in spring with fish eager to spawn, the hegira of the eel i