Transkei, adjective
- Origin:
- English, KhoikhoiShow more From the noun Transkei, English prefix trans- over, across + Kei the name of a river (adaptation of the Khoikhoi name, a word meaning ‘sand’).
Transkeian adjective.
- Note:
- The name ‘Transkei’ is used of an area along the eastern seaboard of South Africa, situated between the Kei river and the province of KwaZulu-Natal, and has represented, at different times: (a) the territory beyond the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony (the Kei river forming the boundary between the Colony and this area from 1847 to 1877), also known as ‘Kaffraria’ (see Kaffrarian) or Kaffirland (see kaffir noun sense 1 d); (b) by 1885: a region of the Cape Colony (subsequently the Cape Province); (c) from 1976–1994: the Republic of Transkei, a Xhosa ‘homeland’; (d) from 1994: a region of the province of the Eastern Cape.
- Note:
- Some of the uses below might more properly be considered instances of the noun used attributively.
1899 Daily News 10 Oct. 7The Pondos and the other Transkei tribes are not absolutely to be relied on.
1990 G. Allen in E. Prov. Herald 19 Jan. 3The Transkei military leader, Major-General Bantu Holomisa,..said Transkei relations with South Africa were cordial.
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