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Ca·lyp·so    Audio Help   [kuh-lip-soh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -sos, verb
–noun
1.Also, Kalypso. Classical Mythology. a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years.
2.(lowercase) Also called fairy-slipper. a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower.
3.(lowercase) a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often improvised, lyrics.
–verb (used without object)
4.(lowercase) to sing or dance to calypso.

[Origin: the name of the musical style is of obscure orig. and perh. only copies the sp. of Calypso the sea nymph]

ca·lyp·so·ni·an    Audio Help   [kuh-lip-soh-nee-uhn, kal-ip-] Pronunciation Key, noun, adjective
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ca·lyp·so    Audio Help   (kə-lĭp'sō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ca·lyp·sos
A terrestrial orchid (Calypso bulbosa) native to northern temperate regions, having a rose-pink flower with an inflated pouchlike lip usually marked with white, purple, and yellow.


[Probably Latin Calypsō, Calypso; see Calypso1.]

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Ca·lyp·so 1    Audio Help   (kə-lĭp'sō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Greek Mythology A sea nymph who delayed Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
  2. The satellite of Saturn that is eighth in distance from the planet.


[Latin Calypsō, from Greek Kalupsō, from kaluptein, to conceal; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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Ca·lyp·so 2 or ca·lyp·so    Audio Help   (kə-lĭp'sō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. Ca·lyp·sos or ca·lyp·sos also Ca·lyp·soes or ca·lyp·soes
A type of music that originated in the West Indies, notably in Trinidad, and is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects.


[Origin unknown.]

Ca·lyp·so'ni·an (kə-lĭp-sō'nē-ən, kāl'ĭp-) n.
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Calypso 
sea nymph in the "Odyssey," lit. "hidden, hider" (originally a death goddess) from Gk. kalyptein "to cover, conceal," from PIE *kel- "to cover, conceal, save," root of Eng. Hell (see cell). The W. Indian type of song is so called from 1934, of unknown origin or connection to the nymph.

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calypso

noun
1. rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf 
2. (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years 

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calypso [kəˈlipsəu] nounplural caˈlypsos
a West Indian folk-song, telling of a current event and sometimes made up as the singer goes along
Arabic: أُغْنِيَه تَلْقائِيّهَ عَن حَدَثٍ مُعاصِر
Chinese (Simplified): 卡里普索(西印度群岛的民歌,即兴小调)
Chinese (Traditional): 卡裡普索(西印度群島的民歌,即興小調)
Czech: karibská píseň
Danish: calypso
Dutch: calypso
Estonian: kalüpso
Finnish: calypso
French: calypso
German: der Kalypso
Greek: λαϊκό τραγούδι των Δυτικών Ινδιών
Hungarian: kalipszó
Icelandic: kalypsó
Indonesian: kalipso
Italian: calipso
Japanese: カリプソ
Latvian: kalipso
Lithuanian: kalipsas
Norwegian: kalypso
Polish: calypso
Portuguese (Brazil): calipso
Portuguese (Portugal): calipso
Romanian: calipso
Russian: калипсо
Slovak: kalypso
Slovenian: kalipso
Spanish: calipso
Swedish: calypso
Turkish: kalipso
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Calypso, NC (town, FIPS 9760) Location: 35.15459 N, 78.10501 W
Population (1990): 481 (195 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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