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taipan¹

  • /ˈtaɪpæn/ UK

Where it comes from

From Wik-Mungkan tay-pan (or dhayban).

noun taipans

  1. Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.

taipan²

  • /ˈtaɪpæn/ UK

Where it comes from

From Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹, “big shot, rich businessman”), originally as taepan. Related to tycoon, from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun).

noun taipans · taepan · tai-pan · typan

  1. A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. Of course it was very sad, but the taipan could hardly help a smile when he thought how many of these young fellows he had drunk underground.
  2. Philippines A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background)

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noun venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus

한국어타이판독사 taipandoksa
日本語タイパン taipan
中文太攀蛇 tàipānshé
Portuguêstaipan
DeutschTaipane
Русскийтайпа́н tajpán

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"taipan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taipan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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taipan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taipan

Chicago

"taipan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/taipan.

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@misc{taipan_2026,
  title = {taipan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taipan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}