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1. (n.) Calypso
a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years.
2. Calypso
(l.c.) a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usu. having topical, often improvised, lyrics.
3. Calypso
(l.c.) a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) calypso, fairy-slipper, Calypso bulbosa
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. (noun) Calypso
(Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years
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1. (noun) calypso
a small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68¡ N.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. calypso
in the Greek mythology a nymph, daughter of Atlas, queen of the island of Ogygia, who by her fascinating charms detained Ulysses beside her for 7 of the 10 years of his wanderings home from Troy; she died of grief on his departure.
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Sense: a West Indian folk-song, telling of a current event and sometimes made up as the singer goes along.
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 Afrikaans: kalipso |
 Arabic: أُغْنِيَه تَلْقائِيّهَ عَ |
 Bulgarian: балада |
 Brazilian: calipso |
 Czech: karibská píseň |
 German: der Kalypso |
 Danish: calypso |
 Greek: λαϊκό τραγούδι των Δυτικώ |
 Spanish: calipso |
 Estonian: kalüpso |
 Farsi: آواز کالیپسو |
 Finnish: calypso |
 French: calypso |
 Hebrew: קָלִיפּסוֹ |
 Hindi: एक दक्षिण भारतीय लोकगीत |
 Croatian: kalipso |
 Hungarian: kalipszó |
 Indonesian: kalipso |
 Icelandic: kalypsó |
 Italian: calipso |
 Japanese: カリプソ |
 Korean: (노래) 칼립소 |
 Lithuanian: kalipsas |
 Latvian: kalipso |
 Malay: kalipso |
 Dutch: calypso |
 Norwegian: kalypso |
 Polish: calypso |
 Persian: آواز کالیپسو |
 Pashto: په هندوستان کی یو دوله مو |
 Portuguese: calipso |
 Romanian: calipso |
 Russian: калипсо |
 Slovak: kalypso |
 Slovenian: kalipso |
 Serbian: kalipso |
 Swedish: calypso |
 Thai: เพลงพื้นบ้านของชาวอินเดีย |
 Turkish: kalipso |
 Taiwanese: 西印度群島的即興小調 |
 Ukrainian: калипсо |
 Urdu: ایک غرب الہندی لوگ گیت ، |
 Vietnamese: bài ca về một đề tài nóng |
 Chinese: 卡里普索（西印度群岛的民歌，即兴小调） |
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