Calypso
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Calypso might refer to one of several things:
- Calypso Comics, a series of comic strip stories
- Calypso is the name of a sea nymph in Greek mythology;
- Calypso music is a style of Caribbean folk music;
- Calypso is the name of an album recorded by Harry Belafonte;
- Calypso is the name of a moon of Saturn;
- 53 Kalypso is the name of an asteroid;
- The Calypso was an oceanographic research ship operated by Jacques-Yves Cousteau;
- HMS Calypso was the name of a number of ships of the Royal Navy;
- Calypso (cruise ship) is a cruise liner;
- "Calypso" is a popular song written in 1975 by John Denver as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship Calypso;
- Suzanne Vega also wrote a song "Calypso" in her 1987 album Solitude Standing;
- Jean-Michel Jarre composed three Calypso tracks in his 1990 album Waiting for Cousteau;
- Calypso is a genus of Orchids, containing only one species, the Calypso Orchid;
- Calypso was the first mass produced underwater camera designed by Jean De Wouters and Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1957;
- Calypso is the mysterious man who offers competitors in the Twisted Metal series one wish if they win;
- Calypso is the name of a make of ice-lolly;
- Calypso is the name of a wholesale travel software system;
- Calypso, North Carolina; the zip code is 28325.
- CALIPSO is a planned NASA environmental satellite;
- Kalipso is a Russian make of aqua-lung;
- Calypso (comics) is a character in the Marvel Universe;
- Calypso (System) is the name of a risk management software platform.
- Calypso used to be the name of Gozo Island.
- Calypso Cavaliers is another name for the West Indian cricket team.
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