Calliope

From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), the Muse of eloquence and poetry, in turn of κᾰλλῐ- (kăllĭ-) + ὄψ (óps) “beautiful voice”. Introduced by English ornithologist John Gould in 1836.

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muscicapidae – rubythroats and close relatives.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri – suborder; Passerida – infraorder; Muscicapoidea – superfamily; Muscicapidae – family

• (genus): Calliope calliope (Siberian rubythroat) – type species; Calliope obscura (blackthroat), Calliope pectardens (firethroat), Calliope pectoralis (Himalayan rubythroat), Calliope tschebaiewi (Chinese rubythroat) – other species

• Calliope (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calliope on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Calliope on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gould, John (1836), The Birds of Europe. Volume 2‎^[1]

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

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlaɪ.ə.pi/, /kəˈliː.ə.pi/

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Calliope

1. (Greek mythology) The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.
2. (astronomy) 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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• Calliopean

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania

From English Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).

Calliope

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]
2. (Greek mythology) the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo
3. (astronomy) 22 Kalliope

From Latin Calliopē, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).

• IPA^(key): /kalˈli.o.pe/
• Rhymes: -iope
• Hyphenation: Cal‧lì‧o‧pe

Calliope f

1. (Greek mythology) Calliope, the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry
2. a female given name from Ancient Greek

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• Calliope on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

• Calliopēa

From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kalˈli.ɔ.peː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kalˈliː.o.pe]

Calliopē f sg (genitive Calliopēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) The Muse Calliope, goddess and muse of epic poetry, or of poetry in general
   • See Calliopea for an alternative spelling and quotation from Ovid’s Fasti.

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only.

• Italian: Calliope