Noir

Noir (or noire) is the French word for black. It may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Media 3.1 Comic books 3.2 Film and television 3.3 Literature 3.4 Music 3.5 Video games 3.6 Other 4 Other uses 5 See also

People

• Noir (born 1976), Danish Dj & Producer. Owner of Noir Music. Real name René Kristensen.
• Jim Noir (born 1982), English singer-songwriter
• Ricardo Noir (born 1987), Boca Juniors football player
• Aria Noir (born 1975), adult actress

Places

In Africa

• Pointe-Noire District, in the Republic of the Congo
  • Pointe-Noire, second largest city in the Republic of the Congo
  • Pointe-Noire Bay, bay at Pointe-Noire
  • Pointe Noire Airport, airport of Pointe-Noire

In Canada

• Noire River, in the Outaouais region of Quebec
• Noire River, a tributary of the Yamaska River in Easter Townships area, Quebec

In France

• Montagne Noire, a mountain range
• La Roche-Noire, a village and commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department

Elsewhere

• Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe, a commune on Guadeloupe

Media

Comic books

• 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
• Noir, alias of Ray Balzac Courland in Gorgeous Carat manga

Film and television

• Film noir, a film genre
  • Neo-noir, a modern form of film noir
• Noir (anime), a 2001 anime series about a pair of female assassins
• Vince Noir, a character in the BBC comedy The Mighty Boosh
• Souris noire, a 1987 French television series

Literature

• Noir fiction, another name for "hardboiled" crime fiction
  • Nordic noir, Scandinavian crime fiction
• Noir (novel), a 1998 novel by K. W. Jeter

Music

• Folk noir, a music genre
• Rock noir, a music genre
• Tech noire, a specific term for a style of experimental music
• Noir, a poetic/techno music duo comprising Georg Kajanus and Tim Dry
• Noir (Callisto album), 2006
• Noir (William Control album), 2010

Video games

• Noire, a character in the video game Hyperdimension Neptunia
• Noir, a character in the video game La Pucelle: Tactics
• L.A. Noire, a video game by Rockstar Games which was released in May 2011.
• Discworld Noir, an adventure game released in 1999 by GT Interactive

Other

• Guy Noir, a character in A Prairie Home Companion radio show
• Série noire, a French publishing imprint

Other uses

• La Legion Noire (The black Legion), a military unit of the French Revolutionary Army
• Baco noir, a red wine grape
• Mondeuse Noire, a red wine grape grown primarily in the Savoy region of France
• Pinot noir, a French wine
• Royale Noir, a Windows XP theme
• Noir (fashion), a Danish luxury fashion brand

See also

• Bande noire (disambiguation)
• Bête noire (disambiguation)

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