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[kə'lipsəu]plural - calypsos; noun(a West Indian folk-song, telling of a current event and sometimes made up as the singer goes along.) calipso* * *calypso /kəˈlɪpsəʊ/(mus.) calipso ( canto e ballo delle Antille).
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