hegira
Flight from danger
A hegira is a journey undertaken to escape danger or unpleasant circumstances—a flight to safety.
The word comes from Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, which marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
Any exodus or migration away from threat can be called a hegira: The family's hegira from the war zone took three weeks.
Also spelled hijra.
Flight from captivity
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- departureAct of going away
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
refuge · asylum · sanctuary · emigration · expatriation · evacuation · withdrawal · retreat
- MeccaIslam's most sacred city
- MedinaSacred Arabian burial site
- Islamic calendarMuslim lunar year system
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
Religious journey to shrine
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- questSeeking journey for something
trek · passage · sojourn · peregrination · wandering · migration · relocation · resettlement
escape
Flight from captivity
fleeing · refuge · asylum · sanctuary · emigration · expatriation · evacuation · withdrawal · retreat · decamping
Muhammad
- MeccaIslam's most sacred city
- MedinaSacred Arabian burial site
- Islamic calendarMuslim lunar year system
pilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
quest · trek · passage · sojourn · peregrination · wandering · migration · relocation · resettlement · diaspora
hegiravacation
Leisure time away
pleasure cruise · jaunt · pleasure trip · holiday · excursion
hegirahomecoming
Returning to one's origin
return · repatriation · restoration · ingathering · aliyah
hegirasettlement
Resolved dispute or colony
rootedness · staying put · permanence · entrenchment · establishment