According to the book Calypso Calaloo, the name calypso can refer to “any song that after about 1898 was sung at Carnival time in Trinidad, either in the streets by revelers or in staged performances by semiprofessional and professional singers. ”
किताब, कलीप्सो कलालू कहती है कि कलीप्सो नाम का मतलब “ऐसा कोई भी गीत है, जो करीब 1898 के बाद ट्रिनिडाड के कार्निवल उत्सव के समय गाया जाता था ।