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.
另一種長久以來受喜愛的音樂是以加勒比海島上的英語方言唱出的加力騷(千里達島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.