Torp
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[[Image:Dan_Anderssons_torp.jpg|thumb|A very typical Swedish ''torp''. Writer [[Dan Andersson]] lived in this one.]]
In [[Scandinavian languages]] '''torp''' means a small dwelling, such as a [[cottage]], with a small leased farm area cultivated by its inhabitants, similar to a [[Croft (land)|croft]].
Today, most of those still existing in Scandinavia serve as summer homes for city dwellers. "Torp" is sometimes used to describe a head protuberance. In such usage, "torp" is short for "torpedo".
The word is cognate to [[Old English|Anglo Saxon]] [[Thorp]] or [[Thorpe]] and also exists as surname or a place name.
==See also==
* [[Oscar Torp]], a former [[Prime Minister of Norway]]
* [[Sandefjord Airport, Torp]], a regional international airport in [[Norway]] serving south-eastern Norway and [[Oslo]]
* [[Torp Court District]], an administrative region of [[Sweden]]
* [[Torp, Gothenburg|Torp]], a district in [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
* [[List of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) surnames]]
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