hégira
Spanish, noun/ˈexiɾa/
hégira is spelled H-É-G-I-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hégira is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “emigration, an exodus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Migración de Mahoma y sus seguidores desde La Meca a Medina, ocurrida en el 622 de la era común, fecha a…”.
What does hégira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemigration, an exodus
- 2
femininealternative letter-case form of Hégira (emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Migración de Mahoma y sus seguidores desde La Meca a Medina, ocurrida en el 622 de la era común, fecha a partir de la cual se computa el calendario islámico.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hégira
- hégiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hégira?
- /ˈexiɾa/
- [ˈe.xi.ɾa]
- [ˈexiɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hégira in Spanish?
hégira appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).