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Xanadu

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Xanadu may refer to:

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

Other places

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Art, entertainment, and media

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Film, television, and theatre

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Music

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Other media

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Computing

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Other uses

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  • 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)

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