Torp
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In Scandinavian languages torp means a living dwelling, such as hut, cottage, and often in rural countryside, a smallish, leased farm cultivated by the inhabitants of the hut, see crofter and villein; or, in placenames "hamlet", smaller group of houses than a full village.
The word became adapted into Anglo Saxon as Thorp or Thorpe and used as a placename and surname usually with the latter version.
[edit] See also
- Oscar Torp, a former Prime Minister of Norway
- Sandefjord Airport, Torp, a regional airport in Norway serving Vestfold and Oslo
- Torp Court District, an administrative region of Sweden
- Torp, a district in Gothenburg, Sweden
- List of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) surnames
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