Noir
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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)
- Genesis Noir, a 2021 video game by Feral Cat Den
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
- Spider-Noir, an upcoming American 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)
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