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Kah-lie-uh-peeh is the pronunciation I hear most when I encounter videos about Greek mythology, and seems to be what Wikipedia gives if I'm reading their IPA key correctly. Kal-ee-yope is one you should watch out for, as that's typically used for the instrument (both are used for the instrument actually, but you'll see that second pronunciation more associated with it). So keep that in mind, unless perhaps you're naming someone real/fictional with the instrument in mind.
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Absolutely wonderful!
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English pronunciation - kuh-LIE-uh-pee.
Edit: why yall down voting my comment? This is, infact, the English pronunciation, and if you need proof, check Calliope 🙄.
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Edit: why yall down voting my comment? This is, infact, the English pronunciation, and if you need proof, check Calliope 🙄.
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Kalliope Amorphous is an American interdisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media, including photography, poetry, performance art, and olfactory art. She is primarily known for her conceptual self portraits.
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This is such a beautiful name.
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I prefer Calliope definitely.
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This is my name and I've always pronounced it as 'kahl-EYE-oh-pay', but my friends just call me Kalli (ka-LEE). I think it has a very elegant ring to it and I love the meaning of it as well.
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The name comes from κάλος (beauty) and ὤψ (eyes) so the meaning of the name is beautiful eyes.
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Pretty name and meaning! Too bad the kid would get made fun of.
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I had a Greek friend with this name, it's pronounced "KAL-EE-OH-PAY"
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This name is beautiful. It has a sophisticated but somewhat impish feel to it. I would name my child this.
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In ancient Greek, probably pronounced kah-lee-oh-peh, with the emphasis on the "oh".
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Kalliopé was in Greek mythology Zeus´s daughter and Goddess of memory Mnémosyné.
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The meaning "beautiful voice" makes it sound so elegant, but the OPE at the end ruins it for me by making it oaf-like.
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It doesn't sound like "oaf", it's pronounced "Kall-eye-oh-pee!" BUT the last syllable is still a bit objectionable.
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Kalliope was one of Cinderella's evil stepsisters in Rogers & Hammerstein's version of "Cinderella."
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As it is a Hellenic (Greek) name, and also my name, the correct pronunciation of it is: Ka-llyi-oh-pyi. Some other linguists however relate it to beautiful eyes from the present perfect tense of the verb "see" (simple present: orao (type A), oro (type B), opopa (present perfect) and opthalmos which is the eye in Ancient Hellenic) and some others to beautiful face from "opsis".
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From my limited knowledge in Greek mythology, I believe it is pronounced something like kall-eye-oh-pee or kahl-eye-oh-pee.
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In Greek mythologoy, Kalliope, the muse of poetry and eloquence, was also the mother of Orpheus.
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Kalliope was used as a name for the bright side of the moon.
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