(formerly) a Bantu homeland in SE South Africa; declared independent in 1981 but this was not recognized outside South Africa; abolished in 1993. Capital: Bisho (now Bhisho)
Ciskei in American English
(ˈsɪsˌkaɪ)
former black homeland in SE South Africa, on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1981, it was abolished in 1994