Calypso
pronunciation
How to pronounce Calypso in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Calypso in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- Calypso
- sea nymph in the "Odyssey," literally "hidden, hider" (perhaps originally a death goddess) from Greek kalyptein "to cover, conceal," from PIE *kel- "to cover, conceal, save," root of English Hell (see cell). The type of West Indian song is so called from 1934, but the origin of the name is obscure.
Example
- 1. Calypso kings , gayle , bravo & benn sing .
- 2. Hermes persuades calypso to let odysseus build a ship and leave .
- 3. The girls had congregated they had spent their recess dancing around the schoolyard while singing calypso songs .
- 4. Hermes orders calypso to release odysseus .
- 5. I guess calypso and latin american music is my favourite .