Xanadu

Xanadu may refer to:

Shangdu, the summer capital of Yuan dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan.
A metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge's description of Shangdu in his 1816 poem Kubla Khan

Other places

Xanadu Hills, a range near Ward Valley in Antarctica.
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 XanadÃÂº, 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)
', a 1953 Seventh Army musical

Xanadu, a ballet by Mildred Couper

Xanadu, a virtual world in "Garage Kids", the pilot of Code Lyoko

Xanadu, a fictional hotel that got imploded in Ocean's Eleven

Music

"The Legend of Xanadu", a hit song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1968)

Xanadu Records, a jazz record label

"Xanadu" (Rush song) (1977)

Xanadu (Menudo album) (1981)

Xanadu (soundtrack), the soundtrack of the film

"Xanadu" (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song) (1980)

"Xanadu (A Vision in a Dream)", a 2001 song by Stormlord from At the Gates of Utopia

"Mona Lisa Overdrive -Xanadu-", a 2003 concert video by Buck-Tick

"Xanadu", a 2007 song by Moi dix Mois from Dixanadu

"Xanadu", a song by Screw (2012)

"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

Tokyo Xanadu a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom

Faxanadu, a 1987 video game for the NES/Famicom

Madame Xanadu, a DC comics character

The home of comics character Mandrake the Magician

The Xanadu Adventure (2005), a Vesper Holly series novel

Computing

Project Xanadu, an early non-markup hypertext project by Ted Nelson

Xanadu Quantum Technologies, a photonic quantum computing company based out of Toronto, Canada

Other uses

Philodendron xanadu, plant in the family Araceae

Xanadu, a shade of gray whose name is derived from the Philodendron

Xanadu, a two-mooned, sunless planet in Cordwainer Smith's novel "Down to a Sunless Sea"

AirAsia X, airline (callsign XANADU)

See also

Xandu (comics), a fictional character in Marvel comics

Shanadoo, a Japanese dance and pop girl group

Shangdu (disambiguation)

Shangri-La (disambiguation)