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noun
A sacred ceremony of the Algonquin tribe that involved dancing in a circle, at which colonists were not welcome.
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noun
A dance festival in which colonial Americans and natives both participated.
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noun
An uproar; activity that is full of high spirits and violent action.
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Usage: broadly
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History
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”).
