calypso

Etymology 1
Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of, perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests , used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name.

Noun

 * 1) A style of 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. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.
 * 2) * 1959,, “B. Wordsworth”, in :
 * '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.'

Translations

 * Catalan: calipso
 * Esperanto: kalipso
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: calipso
 * Romanian: calipso
 * Slovak: kalypso
 * Spanish: calipso
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To perform calypso.

Etymology 2
From, itself from

Noun

 * 1) A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso,
 * 2) A light blue color.

Translations

 * Finnish:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) calypso style of music

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (type of music or dance)