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Calypso

Syllabification: (Ca·lyp·so)
Pronunciation: /kəˈlipsō/
Greek Mythology
Definition of Calypso
  • a nymph who kept Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.

Origin:

Greek, literally 'she who conceals'

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