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calypso
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[kəˈlɪpsəʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a kind of West Indian (originally Trinidadian) music in syncopated African rhythm, typically with words improvised on a topical theme
(e.g: the men sing calypso as they work)
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Origin
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early 20th century: apparently an alteration of caliso, variant of kaiso
[kəˈlɪpsəʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a nymph who kept Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years
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Origin
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Greek, literally ‘she who conceals’
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