The story
From an south Eastern Algonquian language. Compare a Lenape gen'tke'n ("to sing, dance, etc.") as well as Powhatan kantokan (“dance”) and kantikanti (“dance and sing”).
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cantico
Today it means: A sacred ceremony of the Algonquin tribe that involved dancing in a circle, at which colonists were not welcome. Full definition →