单词 | transkei |
释义 | Transkein. attributive. Of or relating to Transkei, a region situated on the east coast of South Africa to the north-east of the River Kei, a traditional territory of Xhosa-speaking peoples; designating this region. Cf. Ciskeian adj.In 1976 Transkei was declared a Xhosa homeland (homeland n. 3) as the Republic of Transkei, the first of several such ethnically based territories to be given limited independence by the National Party government under the apartheid policy of ‘separate development’ (separate development n. at separate adj. 3g). The territory was reincorporated into South Africa in 1994 as part of the Eastern Cape province. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [noun] > parts of South Africa Transkei1852 Strandveld1875 lowveld1878 Middleveld1878 rand1890 reef1903 backveld1905 platteland1917 south-west1928 1852 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 1 July 8/3 The success of the trans-Kei expedition has told effectually on the Gaikas. 1873 Earl of Kimberley Let. 4 Mar. in Rep. Sel. Comm. Native Affairs (Cape of Good Hope Parl.) 141 I have not hitherto answered your despatches..on the subject of native affairs in the Transkei territory. 1880 H. M. Prichard Friends & Foes Transkei iv. 34 I send for baby, hastily put a pretty, English, white frock over his Transkei garments;..and the ceremony begins. 1899 Daily News 10 Oct. 7/1 The Pondos and the other Transkei tribes are not absolutely to be relied on. 1929 L. P. Bowler Afr. Nights 39 Makanna or Lynx, a Transkei chief. 1977 National Geographic June 814/2 Another two million members of the group [sc. the Xhosa] live outside [the Transkei], and most of them, like it or not, are to be given Transkei citizenship. 1994 Weekend Post (Port Elizabeth, S. Afr.) 12 Nov. (Leisure section) 6 The popular Harpephyllum caffrum (Transkei wild plum). 2001 Daily Tel. 23 July 10/2 Initiation schools are commonly associated with the Xhosa people of South Africa's Transkei region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852 |
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