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 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
  • Xanadu, a world in "Ariel", an episode of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
  • 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)