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Xanadu may refer to:

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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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xanadu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.