hejira

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.

References

• “hejira”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.