Meaning of calypso | Babel Free

Definitions

1. calypso (dance)
2. A style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century.
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3. A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa
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4. A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
   Greek
5. The eighth moon of Saturn.
6. A song in this style of music.
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7. A light blue color.
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8. 53 Kalypso, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.
9. Alternative letter-case form of calypso.
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Examples

“'How you does live, Mr. Wordsworth?' I asked him one day. He said, 'You mean how I get money?' When I nodded, he laughed in a crooked way. He said, 'I sing calypsoes in the calypso season.' 'And that last you the rest of the year?' 'It is enough.'”

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