(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 (now Mthatha)
Transkei in American English
(trænsˈkaɪ; trænsˈkeɪ)
former homeland of the Xhosa nation in E South Africa: granted independence in 1976, it was abolished in 1994