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calliope¹

  • /kəˈlaɪə.pi/
  • /ˈkælioʊp/

Where it comes from

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

noun calliopes

  1. A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.

    Similar: calliaphone, steam organ, steam piano

Calliope²

  • /kəˈlaɪ.ə.pi/
  • /kəˈliː.ə.pi/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. Greek The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.
  2. 22 Kalliope, a main belt asteroid.
  3. A female given name.
  4. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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noun musical organ

Españolcalíope
DeutschDampforgel, Kalliope

name the Muse of eloquence and epic

EspañolCalíope
한국어칼리오페 Kalliope
日本語カリオペー Kariopē
中文卡利俄佩 Kǎlì'épèi
PortuguêsCalíope
FrançaisCalliope
DeutschKalliope
ItalianoCalliope
ΕλληνικάΚαλλιόπη Kalliópi
RomânăCalliope
РусскийКаллио́па Kalliópa
العربيةكاليوبي kalyawbi
עבריתקאליופה

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"calliope." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/calliope. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{calliope_2026,
  title = {calliope},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calliope},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}