Emigration and Hegira

Emigration noun - Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another).

Hegira and emigration are semantically related In some cases you can use "Hegira" instead a noun "Emigration".

Nearby Words: emigrate, emigrant, emigrating, emigrated, emigre

Hegira noun - The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year.

Emigration and hegira are semantically related in departure topic. Sometimes you can use "Emigration" instead a noun "Hegira", if it concerns topics such as leaving.