Callisto
pronunciation
How to pronounce Callisto in British English:
UK [kəˈlistəu]
How to pronounce Callisto in American English:
US [kəˈlɪsto]
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- Noun:
- the second largest of Jupiter's satellites
Word Origin
- Callisto
- fourth moon of Jupiter; in classical mythology a nymph, mother of Arcas by Zeus, turned to a bear by Hera, from Greek kallistos, superlative of kalos "beautiful," from PIE *kal- (2) "beautiful." Feminized as proper name Callista.
Example
- 1. Callisto didn 't know what was happening to her .
- 2. In the charming followers of artemis there was a beautiful fairy maiden called callisto .
- 3. Nasa 's galileo spacecraft did a fly-by of jupiter 's second largest moon in 1996 and 1997 and found that callisto 's magnetic field varied , indicating currents .
- 4. He knew he couldn 't change callisto back to a woman .
- 5. Callisto slept in the woods alone all night .