[trans-key, -kahy] 
| a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 1,900,000; 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata. |
| Trans·kei (trāns-kā', -kī') A former internally self-governing Black African homeland in southeast South Africa on the Indian Ocean coast. It was designated a semiautonomous territory in 1963, granted nominal independence in 1976, and dissolved and reintegrated into South Africa in 1994. Trans·kei'an adj. & n. |