Calypso

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Calypso may refer to:

• Calypso (mythology), one of the Nereids (sea nymphs) in Greek mythology
• Calypso music, a genre of Trinidadian folk music

Companies

• Calypso Park, a Canadian theme waterpark
• Calypso Technology, a global application software provider

Music

• Banda Calypso, a Brazilian musical duo
• Calypso (album), by Harry Belafonte
• "Calypso" (song), by John Denver, written as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship Calypso
• "Calypso", a song by France Gall
• "Calypso", a song by Jean-Michel Jarre from Waiting for Cousteau
• "Calypso", a song by Suzanne Vega from Solitude Standing

Nature

• Calypso (moon), a natural satellite of Saturn
• Calypso (orchid), an orchid genus containing a single species Calypso bulbosa

Places

• Calypso, an area and a cave in Gozo, Malta
• Calypso, North Carolina, a town in the United States
• Calypso Deep, the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea

Products

• Calypso (camera), an underwater camera — a precursor to the Nikonos camera
• Calypso (electronic ticketing system), an electronic ticketing system for public transport

Ships

• MS The Calypso, a cruise ship
• HMS Calypso, the name of a number of British Royal Navy ships
• RV Calypso, a Gozo ferry and later an oceanographic research ship operated by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
• USS Calypso, the name of various United States Navy ships
• MV Calypsoland, a ferry of E. Zammit & Sons Ltd and later the Gozo Channel Line between 1969 and 1984

Other

• Ultracraft Calypso, a Belgian light aircraft design
• Calypso, an email client for Microsoft Windows; later called Courier
• Calypso (telenovela), a Venezuelan telenovela

Related spellings

• Kalypso (software), an open source modelling software
• 53 Kalypso, an asteroid
• CALIPSO, NASA's "Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations" satellite
• Kalypso LP, a management consulting firm
• Kalypso Media, a video game developer