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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