Xanadu
Xanadu may refer to:
- Shangdu, the ancient summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire in China. Yuan dynasty established by khubilai khan grandson of Chingis Khaan who is Mongolian Khaan.
- a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge's description of Shangdu in his poem Kubla Khan
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Other places
- Xanadu (Titan), an enigmatic bright feature on the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan
- Xanadu 2.0, the nickname of Bill Gates's house
- Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
- Xanadu Houses, a series of experimental homes built to showcase computers and automation in the home
- Madrid Xanadú, a large shopping precinct and entertainment centre in Spain
- Xanadu, the original name of the New Jersey mall American Dream Meadowlands
Art, entertainment, and media
Film, television, and theatre
- Xanadu (Citizen Kane), a mansion in the 1941 film Citizen Kane
- Xanadu (film), a 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John
- Xanadu (musical), a 2007 Broadway musical based on the film
- Xanadu (TV series)
- Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical, a 1953 Seventh Army musical
- Xanadu, a ballet by Mildred Couper
- Xanadu, a virtual world in "Garage Kids", the pilot of Code Lyoko
Music
- "The Legend of Xanadu", a hit song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1968)
- Xanadu Records, a jazz record label
- Xanadu (Menudo album) (1981)
- Xanadu (soundtrack), the soundtrack of the film
- "Xanadu" (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song) (1980)
- Xanadu (musical), Original Broadway Cast Recording
- "Xanadu" (Rush song) (1977)
- "Xanadu (A Vision in a Dream)", a 2001 song by Stormlord from At the Gates of Utopia
- "Xanadu", a 2007 song by Moi Dix Mois from Dixanadu
- "Xanadu", a song by Screw (2012)
- "Xanadu", a song by Moving Mountains from Moving Mountains
- "Xanadu", a song by the Party Animals (2003)
- "Xanadu", a song by The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (2014)
- "Xanadu", a song by Ummet Ozcan (2022)
- "Xanadu", a song by The Winery Dogs (2022)
- Xanadu (ExWhyZ album) (2023)
Other media
- Xanadu (video game), a 1985 video game
- Faxanadu, a 1987 video game for the NES/Famicom
- Madame Xanadu, a DC comics character
- The home of comics character Mandrake the Magician
Other uses
- Project Xanadu, an early non-markup hypertext project by Ted Nelson
- Philodendron xanadu, plant in the family Araceae
- Xanadu, a shade of gray whose name is derived from the Philodendron
- Xanadu Quantum Technologies, a photonic quantum computing company based out of Toronto, Canada
- AirAsia X, airline (callsign XANADU)
- A former name of American Dream Meadowlands, a retail and entertainment complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Xanadu
- All pages with titles containing Xanadu
- Shanadoo, a Japanese dance and pop girl group
- Shangdu (disambiguation)
- Shangri-La (disambiguation)
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