Xanadu

Xanadu may refer to:

• Shangdu, the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan empire, which became a mythological place and a metaphor for splendor and opulence under the name Xanadu, caused by the popular poem by Coleridge
• "Kubla Khan", an 1816 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which popularised the name Xanadu for Shangdu

Places

• Xanadu (Titan), an enigmatic bright feature on the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan
• Xanadu 2.0, the nickname of Bill Gates' private estate
• 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 mall and entertainment center 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

• Xanadu Records, a jazz record label
• Xanadu (Menudo album) (1981)
• Xanadu (soundtrack), the soundtrack of the film
• "The Legend of Xanadu" (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), 1968
• "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
• "Watching Xanadu", a 2001 song by Mull Historical Society
• "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

Other media

• Xanadu (video game), a 1985 video game
• Faxanadu, a 1987 video game for the NES/Famicom
• Madame Xanadu, a DC comics character
• Xanadu, home of comics character Mandrake the Magician
• Spirits of Xanadu, a 2015 video game produced by Night Dive Studios

Other uses

• Project Xanadu, an early non-markup hypertext project
• AirAsia X, airline (callsign XANADU)
• Philodendron xanadu, plant in the family Araceae
• Xanadu, a shade of gray whose name is derived from the Philodendron

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Xanadu
• All pages with titles containing Xanadu
• Shangdu (disambiguation)
• Shangri-La (disambiguation)