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