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Hegira
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hegira'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hegira.html. 1828.