Calypso

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Calypso may refer to:

Contents 1 In Nature 2 People 3 In Art & Music 4 Places 5 Ships 6 Companies & Products 7 Related spellings

[edit] In Nature

• Calypso (moon), a natural satellite of Saturn
• Calypso Orchid, a genus of orchids, containing only one species, the Calypso Orchid

[edit] People

• Calypso (mythology), the name of one of the Nereids (sea nymphs) in Greek mythology
• Calypso (comics), a character in the Marvel Universe
• Calypso (Twisted Metal), the mysterious man who offers competitors in the Twisted Metal series a wish if they win
• Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean), a character from the movies Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

[edit] In Art & Music

• Banda Calypso, a famous Brazilian band
• Calypso (song), a popular song written in 1975 by John Denver as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship Calypso
• Calypso (album), an album recorded by Harry Belafonte
• Calypso music, a genre of Caribbean folk music

[edit] Places

• Calypso (Gozo), locally known as Kalipso, an area and a cave in Xagħra, Gozo, Malta.
• Calypso, North Carolina, a town in the United States

[edit] Ships

• Calypso, an oceanographic research ship operated by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
• HMS Calypso, the name of a number of ships of the Royal Navy
• Calypso (cruise ship), a cruise liner
• USS Calypso for United States Navy ships of that name.

[edit] Companies & Products

• Calypso (RFID), an RFID open technology for contactless ticketing applications
• Calypso Technology (software), a financial derivative software company

[edit] Related spellings

• CALIPSO, NASA's "Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations" satellite
• 53 Kalypso, an asteroid
• Calipso, a robot character in Karmatrón universe. Created as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship Calypso