Trans|kei|an

Trans|kei|an
Trans|kei|an «trans KY uhn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with Transkei, a region in southeastern South Africa that in 1976 became the first homeland (of the Xhosa people) to be declared independent by the Republic of South Africa.
–n.
a native or inhabitant of Transkei.
[< Latin trāns across + Kei name of a river]

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