HOW TO PRONOUNCE
calliope
/kəˈlaɪəˌpi/
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Stress “li,” using the vowel in “my.”
Use four syllables and a light opening vowel. Follow the strong long i with a separate light uh, then pronounce the final ee after p.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The sound of a calliope filled the fairground.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does calliope mean?
noun
- A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.
proper noun
- The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.
- 22 Kalliope, a main belt asteroid.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A female given name.
- A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəˈlaɪəˌpi/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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When, as the fruit of warlike deeds, The soldier bleed, the soldier bleeds, Calliope crowns heroic deeds, With immortality.
The spirit of this age is expressed by the Calliope.
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If the cheering of the Calliope by the crew of the Trenton binds closer together the citizens of the two English-speaking nations, should its companion scene, no less thrilling, be forgotten--when the Trenton bore down upon the stranded Vandalia to her almost certain destruction, and the encouraging cheer of the flag-ship was answered by a response, faint, uncertain, and despairing?