Noir

Noir (or noire) is the French word for black. It may also refer to:

Places

In Canada

• Noire River (Ottawa River tributary), in the Outaouais region of Quebec
• Noire River, a tributary of the Yamaska River in Eastern Townships area, Quebec

In France

• La Roche-Noire, a village and commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department
• Montagne Noire, a mountain range

In Guadeloupe

• Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe, a commune on Guadeloupe

In the Republic of the Congo

• Pointe-Noire, second largest city in the Republic of the Congo
• Pointe Noire Airport, airport of Pointe-Noire
• Pointe-Noire Bay, bay at Pointe-Noire

People

• Noir (surname)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Genres

• Film noir, a film genre
  • Neo-noir, a modern form of film noir
  • Horror noir, psychological horror and supernatural horror mystery in a noir film (List) or an occult detective ghost hunter film
  • Tech-noir, technophiles and technology harming a society in a dystopian setting
• Folk noir, a music genre
• Noir fiction, a literary genre closely related to hardboiled genre
  • Scandinavian noir, Scandinavian crime fiction

Comics

• Magie Noire, a 2003 comic by the Ivorian painter and author Gilbert G. Groud
• Marvel Noir, a 2009 thematic stories based on Marvel universe
• Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics, a 2009 black-and-white crime comics anthology

Fictional characters

• Noir, alias of Ray Balzac Courland in Gorgeous Carat manga
• Noir, a character in the video game La Pucelle: Tactics (2002)
• Noire, a character in the video game Fire Emblem: Awakening (2012)
• Noire, a character in the video game Hyperdimension Neptunia
• Cat Noir, the superhero identity of Adrien Agreste in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
• Guy Noir, a fictional private detective in A Prairie Home Companion radio show
• Jack Noir, a character in the webcomic Homestuck
• Madame Noir, a character in the Ressha Sentai ToQger
• Spider-Man Noir, a Marvel comic book character
• Vince Noir, a fictional character in the BBC television comedy The Mighty Boosh
• Noir (ノワール), the main antagonist in the anime series Kirakira PreCure a la Mode
• Noir Stardia, the main protagonist in the anime series The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
• Noir is the codename of Haru Okumura in the role-playing game Persona 5
• Black Noir (character), a character in the comic and TV series The Boys

Games

• Discworld Noir, a 1999 video game by GT Interactive
• L.A. Noire, a 2011 video game by Rockstar Games
• Noir: A Shadowy Thriller, a 1996 video game by Cyberdreams
• Trente et Quarante (English translation: Thirty and Forty), a gambling game also called Rouge et Noir (English translation: Red and Black)

Music

Groups and labels

• Noir (band), a South Korean boy band which debuted in 2018
• Noir, a poetic/techno music duo comprising Georg Kajanus and Tim Dry

Albums

• Noir (Callisto album), 2006
• Noir (William Control album), 2010
• Noir (BSBD album), 2011
• Noir (B.A.P album), 2016
• Noir (Smino album), 2018

Songs

• "Noir" (song), released by Sunmi in 2019

Other uses in music

• Noire, in musical instructions, quarter note

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Film noir, crime film style from the 1940s and 1950s
• Noir (film), a 2015 Canadian film
• Noir (novel), a 1998 novel by K. W. Jeter
• Noir (TV series), a 2001 Japanese anime television series about a pair of female assassins
• Souris noire, a 1987 French television series

Brands and enterprises

• Noir (fashion), a Danish luxury fashion brand
• Drakkar Noir, a men's cologne
• Pinot noir, a wine
• Série noire, a French publishing imprint

Other uses

• Legion Noire (English translation: Black Legion), a military unit of the French Revolutionary Army
• Royale Noir, a Windows XP theme
• Notice of Intent to Revoke (NOIR), a notice by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Bugatti La Voiture Noire: Bugatti Chiron mid-engine two-seater sports car

See also

• Bande noire (disambiguation)
• Bête noire (disambiguation)