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Ciskei

Ciskei proper noun: a former bantustan in the southeast of South Africa, formed in 1961, declared independent in 1981, and reintegrated in 1993.

Proper noun

Ciskei

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

Origin of Ciskei

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.

Words formed from Ciskei

Questions about Ciskei

What does Ciskei mean?
Ciskei means a former bantustan in the southeast of South Africa, formed in 1961, declared independent in 1981, and reintegrated in 1993.
What part of speech is Ciskei?
Ciskei is a proper noun.

Words near Ciskei in the dictionary

  1. Cisjordan
  2. Cisjordanian
  3. Cisjordanians
  4. cisjovian
  5. cisjurane
  6. Ciskei
  7. Ciskeian
  8. Ciskeians
  9. Cisko
  10. cislate
  11. cislated

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