Ciskeianadj.n.
/sɪˈskʌɪən/ A. adj.
Of or relating to the Ciskei, a territory on the south-eastern coast of South Africa, or its inhabitants. Cf. Transkei n.The Ciskei, the traditional territory of the AmaRarabe Xhosa people, situated between the Fish and Kei rivers, was known during the 19th cent. as the Province of Queen Adelaide, and subsequently as British Kaffraria. The territory was incorporated into the Cape Colony in 1866.In 1972, under apartheid, the Ciskei was made a self-governing Xhosa state, in 1981 being declared an independent Xhosa ‘homeland’. The Ciskei was reincorporated into the South African state in 1994.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [adjective] > countries or regions
Angolan1625
South African1787
Malay1811
Ciskeian1848
Zambian1959
Zimbabwean1961
Namibian1968
Sowetan1977
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > Southern Africa > South Africa > parts of
Caffrariana1828
Ciskeian1848
Natalian1848
Transkeian1849
Transvaalian1888
1848 Corr. Governor Cape of Good Hope Relative to Kafir Tribes 24 in Parl. Papers XLIII. 157 Having previously directed an assembly of all the Cis-Keian Chiefs, their ‘Amapakati’, or councellors, and many of their people, I..read and fully explained to them my proclamation of the 17th instant.
1852 Allen's Indian Mail 15 June 367/1 The Caffres, cis as well as trans Keian, have repeatedly sued for peace.
1888 G. M. Theal Hist. S. Afr. 1691–1795 xxiii. 218 He [sc. Rarabe]..was so greatly esteemed that his name was adopted and is still retained by all the Ciskeian Kosa clans, who term themselves Amararabe.
1930 Official Year Bk. Union of S. Afr. 1928–9 XI. xxvi. 962 A Native Deeds Registry..will deal with all allotments held by natives under individual tenure in the various Ciskeian locations.
1953 E. P. Dvorin Racial Separation in S. Afr. viii. 133 The Nationalist Government in the implementation of apartheid is looking to the Ciskeian and Transkeian councils as examples which might well be followed in the other Native areas of the Union.
1964 S. Afr. Digest XI. xliv. 12/3 Speaking at the fourth annual session of the Ciskeian Territorial Authority Mr. Abraham said that both Black and White people would have to co-operate.
2005 S. Frankenthal & O. B. Sichone S. Afr.'s Diverse Peoples ii. vi. 195 The Ciskei government attempted to develop a uniquely Ciskeian nationalism by constructing and propagating ideas of Ciskeian ethnicity.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of the Ciskei; spec. (under apartheid) a citizen of the Republic of Ciskei (1981–94) (now historical).
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Angolan1600
Angola1653
Malay1765
South African1806
Ngwaketsea1832
bushboya1834
Kapenaar1834
Transkeian1847
bosch-man1849
Natalian1850
burgher1879
Transvaaler1887
veldman1895
Rhodesian1897
Vaalpens1899
backvelder1911
plattelander1934
southwester1960
Zimbabwean1961
Zambian1963
Botswanian1966
Botswanan1967
Namibian1968
Ciskeian1973
Sowetan1974
1973 P. Mayer in G. Germani Modernization, Urbanization, & Urban Crisis v. 179 An opposition between town-rooted and country-rooted people there; opposition of Transkeians and Ciskeians.
1979 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 17 July 4/9 The four industries, which include overseas investors, will provide employment for more than 1000 Ciskeians.
1982 Guardian Weekly 11 Jan. 18 Since 1958 the South African government has forcibly moved an estimated 366,520 Ciskeians..from their homes and jobs in ‘white’ South Africa into Ciskei.
1984 City Press (Johannesburg) 29 Apr. 6 Tens of thousands of Ciskeians, stripped of their nationhood and dumped in the middle of nowhere with no food or prospects of a living.
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