Calypso

Calypso (mythology) is the name of one of the Nereids (sea nymphs) in Greek mythology. The word may also refer to:

In fiction

• Calypso (Bokononism), songs from The Books of Bokonon from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle (1963)
• Calypso (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean), a character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
• Calypso (Twisted Metal), a character in the Twisted Metal video-game series
• "Calypso", a planet in Entropia Universe
• Calypso (play), a 1779 play by Richard Cumberland

In music

• Banda Calypso, a Brazilian band
• Calypso (album), a 1956 album by Harry Belafonte
• Calypso music, a genre of Trinidadian folk music
• "Calypso", a 1985 song sung by France Gall
• "Calypso", a song from Jean-Michel Jarre's album Waiting for Cousteau (1990)
• "Calypso", a song from Suzanne Vega's album Solitude Standing (1987)
• "Calypso" (song), a 1975 song by John Denver written as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship Calypso

In nature

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

In television

• Calypso (telenovela), a Venezuelan telenovela

Companies

• Calypso Park, a Canadian theme waterpark
• Calypso Plastic Center Co., a plastic-film manufacturer in the Philippines
• Calypso soft drinks manufacturer in Wrexham, UK.
• Calypso Technology (software), a software editor that provides application for trading, risk and processing of financial products

Places

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

Products

• Calypso (software), a software application designed by Carl Zeiss AG to control coordinate measuring machines
• Calypso, an email client for Microsoft Windows; later called Courier
• 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, an oceanographic research ship operated by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
• USS Calypso, the name of various United States Navy ships

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