Tai-Pan (disambiguation)
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Tai-Pan is a Cantonese term for the leader of a Hong, a western trading company operating in China or Hong Kong in the 19th century.
Tai-Pan or Taipan may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment:
- Tai-Pan (novel), a novel by James Clavell
- Tai-Pan (film), a 1986 film based on Clavell's novel
- "Taipan", a song by band Cold Chisel from their 1982 album Circus Animals
- "The Taipan", a short story by W Somerset Maugham
- Taipan!, a computer game for the Apple II and TRS-80
- Taipan, new name for the Thrillseeker (roller coaster)
Ships:
- HMAS Taipan, a Second World War Royal Australian Navy auxiliary vessel
- Taipan Catamarans, high performance sailing catamarans made in Australia
- Taipan 28, a sailing yacht or sloop
- MV Taipan, a container ship freed in the Action of 5 April 2010 from Somali pirates
Other uses:
- Taipan, a large Australian snake
- Cairns Taipans, an Australasian National Basketball League team
- Tai-Pan or Albert Cheng, a radio commentator-turned-politician in Hong Kong
- Taipan, Australian Defence Force name for NH90 helicopter
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