Calliope

//kəˈlaɪə.pi// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.
  2. 2
    a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo. Greek
  2. 2
    22 Kalliope, a main belt asteroid.
  3. 3
    A female given name.

Synonyms

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steam organsteam organafflatusapollobaroque organbazooka

Example

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"Orpheus was the son of Apollo and the Muse Calliope. He was presented by his father with a Lyre and taught to play upon it, which he did to such perfection that nothing could withstand the charm of his music."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē, “Calliope, the muse of poetry”), from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).

Etymology 2

From Latin Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), from κᾰλλῐ- (kăllĭ-, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).

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merry go round

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