Hyphenation of hegira

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word hegira? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

he-gi-ra

Definitions of hegira:

1.	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
2.	A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

Synonyms of hegira:

noun	Hegira, Hejira, escape, flight
noun	exodus, hejira, escape, flight

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.