English Explanatory Dictionary

Ciskei

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former bantustan in the southeast of South Africa, formed in 1961, declared independent in 1981, and reintegrated in 1993.

Word forms

Ciskei

Etymology

From Afrikaans Ciskei, analyzable in English as cis- + Kei (in reference to the Great Kei River; hence literally “on this side of the Kei River”, as opposed to Transkei.

Related words

Transkei
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