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Transkei [trans-key, -kahy] Examples noun
- a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
Related formsTrans·kei·an, adjective, noun Examples from the Web for transkei Contemporary Examples of transkei
Mandela was born among the rolling grasslands and rocky ravines of the Transkei region, where whites were seldom seen.
Sam Seibert
December 5, 2013
Historical Examples of transkei
The white forces in the Transkei were in imminent peril of annihilation.
Bertram Mitford
“There always is a scare in the Transkei,” struck in Jones, the landlord, who was carving.
Bertram Mitford
It is for this reason we find it sometimes bearing the name Transkei.
The World and Its People: Book VII
Anna B. Badlam
The Gcalekas had attacked and routed a strong body of Police in the Transkei, and had killed several men and an officer.
Bertram Mitford
True, the Transkei was a long way off, but the ruction would never stop there.
Bertram Mitford
British Dictionary definitions for transkei Transkei noun
- (formerly) the largest of the Bantu homelands in South Africa; declared an independent state in 1976 but this was not recognized outside South Africa; abolished in 1993. Capital: Umtata