Hegira (noun)
Some birds have a hegira, heading to south, before winter. Some of them may never return.
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hegira
1590, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons. From Arabic hijrah "departure," from hajara "to depart."
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