Noir

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)

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)

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