Xanadu may refer to: *

Shangdu Shangdu (; lit. "Upper Capital"; ), known in the West as Xanadu, was the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty under Kublai Khan. Located in what is now Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia, it was designed by Chinese architect Liu Bingzhong and served as ...

, 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 Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( ; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth ...

's description of Shangdu in his poem ''

Kubla Khan "Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream" () is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. It is sometimes given the subtitles "A Vision in a Dream" and "A Fragment." According to Coleridge's preface to "Kub ...

Other places

* Xanadu Hills, a range near Ward Valley in Antarctica. *

Xanadu (Titan) Xanadu (often called "Xanadu Regio", though this is not its official name) is a highly reflective area on the leading hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan. Its name comes from an alternate transcription of Shangdu, the summer capital of the Yuan dy ...

, an enigmatic bright feature on the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan * Xanadu 2.0, the nickname of

Bill Gates's house Bill Gates designed and owns a mansion that is on Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million. Design The house was designed collaborativel ...

* Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas *

Xanadu Houses The Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United States. The architectural project began in 1979, and during the early 1980s three houses were built in diffe ...

, 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 American Dream is a large retail and entertainment complex in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, New Jersey, and is the second largest mall in the United Sta ...

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 Mildred Couper (December 10, 1887 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – August 9, 1974 in Santa Barbara, United States) was a prominent composer and pianist, and one of the first American musicians to experiment with quarter-tone music. She was b ...

* Xanadu, a virtual world in "Garage Kids", the pilot of ''

Code Lyoko ''Code Lyoko'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop ...

'' * Xanadu, a fictional hotel that got imploded in ''

Ocean's Eleven ''Ocean's Eleven'' is a 2001 heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Ted Griffin. A remake of the 1960 film of the same name, it serves as the first installment in the ''Ocean's'' franchise. The film features an ense ...

Music

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The Legend of Xanadu "The Legend of Xanadu" is a single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 and was the group's biggest hit. It was written by songwriters Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley. As was the case wit ...

", a hit song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1968) *

Xanadu Records Xanadu Records was a jazz record label founded in 1975 by Don Schlitten. It was most active during the 1970s and 1980s and stopped recording in the 1990s. The catalogue was bought by emusic in 1999, but no new music was produced. In 2007, the ca ...

, 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 ''At the Gates of Utopia'' is the second studio album by the Italian symphonic black metal band Stormlord. Track listing # "Under the Samnites' Spears" – 6:50 # "I Am Legend" – 5:07 # "Xanadu (A Vision in a Dream)" – 4:21 # "And Winter Wa ...

'' * "Mona Lisa Overdrive -Xanadu-", a 2003 concert video by

Buck-Tick Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The classic lineup of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drum ...

* "Xanadu", a 2007 song by

Moi dix Mois Moi dix Mois (lit. "Me Ten Months" in French) is a Japanese visual kei gothic metal band, founded in 2002 by Mana after Malice Mizer paused activities. The guitarist and sole songwriter has been the only constant member in a series of lineup chan ...

from ''

Dixanadu ''Dixanadu'' is an album released by Moi dix Mois on March 28, 2007. It contains re-recordings of "Tentation" ("Last Temptation") and "Pessimiste" ("Neo Pessimist"), originally from the album '' Dix Infernal''. Style The album features Gothic me ...

'' * "Xanadu", a song by

Screw A screw is an externally helical threaded fastener capable of being tightened or released by a twisting force (torque) to the screw head, head. The most common uses of screws are to hold objects together and there are many forms for a variety ...

(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 The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger is an American-British band formed in 2008 by Sean Ono Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. The couple have stated that they started the band as a way to spend more time together, and while they released a number of r ...

(2014) * "Xanadu", a song by

Ummet Ozcan Ummet Ozcan (born 16 August 1982) is a Dutch DJ and producer of Turkish origin, specializing in the techno genre. Life and career Ummet Ozcan is the son of Turkish parents; he was born and grew up in the Netherlands. He says that his Turkish ...

(2022) * "Xanadu", a song by

The Winery Dogs The Winery Dogs are an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2012. It consists of Mike Portnoy (drums), Billy Sheehan (bass), and Richie Kotzen (vocals and guitar). Background The band was conceived by drummer Mike Portnoy and bassist Bil ...

(2022) * ''Xanadu'' (ExWhyZ album) (2023)

Other media

* ''Xanadu'' (video game), a 1985 video game * ''

Tokyo Xanadu is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game was developed out of Nihon Falcom's desire to create a game of a different type and setting than their other role-playing game franchises, '' The Legend of Heroes'' and '' Y ...

'' a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom * Fa''xanadu'', a 1987 video game for the NES/Famicom *

Madame Xanadu Madame Xanadu (Nimue Inwudu) is a fictional character published by DC Comics. The character is identified with Nimue, the sorceress from Arthurian mythology made popular by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur''. Jeryl Prescott portrays X ...

, a DC comics character * The home of comics character ''

Mandrake the Magician ''Mandrake the Magician'' is a Comic strip syndication, syndicated newspaper comic strip, created by Lee Falk before he created ''The Phantom''.Ron Goulart, ''The Encyclopedia of American Comics''. New York: Facts on File, 1990. . pp. 91, 249 ...

'' * ''The Xanadu Adventure'' (2005), a Vesper Holly series novel *"Zombie Xanadu", working title for the 1995 video game '' Killing Time''

Computing

Project Xanadu Project Xanadu ( ) was the first hypertext project, founded in 1960 by Ted Nelson. Administrators of Project Xanadu have declared it superior to the World Wide Web, with the mission statement: "Today's popular software simulates paper. The World ...

, an early non-markup hypertext project by Ted Nelson *

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Xanadu Quantum Technologies is a Canadian quantum computing hardware and software company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company develops cloud accessible photonic quantum computers and develops open-source software for quantum machine l ...

, a photonic quantum computing company based out of Toronto, Canada

Other uses

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Philodendron xanadu ''Thaumatophyllum xanadu'' is a perennial plant belonging to the arum family Araceae and the genus ''Thaumatophyllum'', formerly classified under the '' Meconostigma'' subgenus of '' Philodendron''. This plant is native to Brazil, but is widel ...

'', 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 AirAsia X Berhad, operating as AirAsia X (formerly FlyAsianXpress Sdn. Bhd.), is a Malaysian long-haul, low-cost airline and a subsidiary of the AirAsia, AirAsia Group. The airline was initially established in 2006 as FlyAsian Express (FAX) an ...

, airline (callsign XANADU)