sea nymph in the "Odyssey," literally "hidden, hider" (perhaps originally a death goddess) from Greek kalyptein "to cover, conceal," from PIE *kel- "to cover, conceal, save," root of English Hell (see cell). The type of West Indian song is so called from 1934, but the origin of the name is obscure.
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1. Another perennial music favorite is calypso, which is also sung in the Caribbean island English dialect.
另一种长久以来受喜爱的音乐是以加勒比海岛上的英语方言唱出的加力骚(千里达岛上土人所演唱的歌曲).
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2. Trinidad's famed steel percussion orchestra was touring theand Calypso had and devoted following.