calliope

See also Calliope

English

WOTD – 12 July 2007    

Wikipedia

A calliope mounted in a wagon

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliopē, “Calliope, the muse of poetry”), from καλός (kalos, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (ops, “voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈlaɪə.pi/, X-SAMPA: /k@"laI@.pI/

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Noun

calliope (plural calliopes)

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

See also

• Calliope

Translations

musical organ

• German: Dampforgel (de) f
• Polish: Kaliope (pl) f

• Spanish: calíope (es)

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Italian

Noun

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calliope f (plural calliopi)

1. Siberian rubythroat (Luscinia caliope)