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CANTICO
Etymology
Borrowed from Algonquin Delaware gentkehn, "to dance a sacred dance".
Noun
cantico (plural canticoes)
A sacred ceremony of the Algonquin tribe that involved dancing in a circle, at which colonists were not welcome.
A dance festival in which colonial Americans and natives both participated.
(by extension) An uproar; activity that is full of high spirits and violent action.
Anagrams
• Occitan, Taconic
Source: Wiktionary
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