hejira

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English

Noun

hejira (plural hejiras)

  1. Alternative form of hegira
    • 2018, Kate Atkinson, Transcription, →ISBN, pages 184–185:
      Her mother was — had been — Scottish (although you couldn't tell by looking), and they had once made the long journey to her homeland. Juliet had been very small and could remember little of this hejira.

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