conga

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
conga /ˈkɒŋgə/

▶noun

• 1 a Latin American dance performed by several people in a line, one behind the other.

• 2 (also conga drum) a tall, narrow drum beaten with the hands.

▶verb (congas, congaing, congaed or conga'd) perform the conga.

– origin 1930s: from Latin Amer. Sp., from Sp., fem. of congo ‘Congolese’.