A taipan is an Australian venomous snake.

Taipan or Tai-Pan or Tai Pan may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • Tai-Pan (novel), a 1966 novel by James Clavell
  • Tai-Pan (film), a 1986 film based on Clavell's novel
  • "Taipan", a song from the album Circus Animals (1982) by the Australian band Cold Chisel
  • Taipan, the new name for the Thrillseeker (roller coaster)
  • Taipan!, a computer game for the Apple II and TRS-80
  • "The Taipan", a 1922 short story by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Tai Pan, the name of the card game Tichu in the Dutch-language market, published by 999 Games

Ships

  • HMAS Taipan, a Second World War Royal Australian Navy auxiliary vessel
  • MV Taipan, a container ship freed in the action of 5 April 2010 from Somali pirates
  • Taipan 28, a sailing yacht or sloop

Other uses

  • Taipan (corporate title), referring to a foreign-born senior business executive or entrepreneur operating in China or Hong Kong
  • Albert Cheng (politician), a radio commentator-turned-politician in Hong Kong also known as Tai-pan
  • Cairns Taipans, an Australasian National Basketball League team
  • MRH-90 Taipan, Australian Defence Force name for the NH90 helicopter
  • Taipan, alternative name for the mythical Australian Aboriginal creator-being, the Rainbow Serpent
  • Taipan Business Centre, a commercial hub of UEP Subang Jaya, Malaysia
  • TAIPAN galaxy survey (originally "Transforming Astronomical Imaging surveys through Polychromatic Analysis of Nebulae"), a large-scale spectroscopic survey underway at the UK Schmidt Telescope

See also

  • Steel Taipan, a steel roller coaster at Dreamworld

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