- a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years.
- a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower.
- a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often improvised, lyrics.
- to sing or dance to calypso.
- a popular type of satirical, usually topical, West Indian ballad, esp from Trinidad, usually extemporized to a percussive syncopated accompaniment
- a dance done to the rhythm of this song
- a rare N temperate orchid, Calypso (or Cytherea) bulbosa, whose flower is pink or white with purple and yellow markings
- (in Homer's Odyssey) a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years
