Hijra

The English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (meanings of a word) for: hijra

Hijra, as an Arabic word meaning migration (also romanised as hijrah, hejira and hegira) (cf. Hebrew הגירה hagirah for emigration) could mean:

• The Hijra (Islam) (هجرة) is the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622, marking the first year of the Islamic calendar, 1 AH (anno higirae).
• Migration to Abyssinia, in 615 CE a number of Sahaba migrated to Ethiopia
• Meccan boycott of Hashemites and Muhammad, the second migration due to the boycott in 617–619
• Migration to Medina, the third and final emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622
• Hijri year, marks the start of the Hijri year of the Islamic calendar

Hijra may also mean:

• Hijra (South Asia), a "third gender" in Bangladesh, Republic of India and Pakistan

Hejira may mean:

• Hejira (album), a 1976 album by Joni Mitchell
  • "Hejira" (song), the fifth track on the album

Hegira may mean:

• Hegira (novel), a 1979 science fiction novel by Greg Bear
• The migration of humanity to the stars in Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos books
• Hegira (Battletech), a term in the BattleTech universe

Hiigara may mean:

• Hiigara, the homeworld of the Kushan, who were forced into exile after losing a war with the Taaidan. The plot of the computer game Homeworld details the return of the Kushan exiles to Hiigara. The name means "our home" in ancient Kushan language.

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