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 North Germanic languages (also Scandinavian languages or Nordic languages) is a branch of the Germanic languages spoken in Scandinavia, parts of Finland and on the Faroe Islands and Iceland. ... A hut is a small and crude shelter used for dwelling. ... In Scotland a croft is a small parcel of agricultural land that is occupied and farmed by a crofter who pays rent to the landlord who owns the land. ... A villein is, in the feudal system, a member of the class of serfs tied to the land, distinguished from those in actual slavery, but restricted by law from exercising the rights of a free man. ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ...

The word became adapted into Anglo Saxon as Thorp or Thorpe and used as a placename and surname usually with the latter version. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... THORP, or Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria, England, operated by BNFL. It processes plutonium waste from nuclear reactors. ... See also Thorp Thorpe may refer to one of these places in England: Thorpe, Cumbria Thorpe, Derbyshire Thorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire Thorpe, Lincolnshire Thorpe, Nottinghamshire Thorpe, Norfolk Thorpe, North Yorkshire Thorpe, Surrey Thorpe Park or to one of these people: Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer Jeremy Thorpe, former UK Liberal...

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

. This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... Sandefjord Airport, Torp (IATA: TRF, ICAO: ENTO) is an international airport south of Oslo, Norway. ... County NO-07 Region Østlandet Administrative centre Tønsberg County mayor   Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 18 2,224 km² 0. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Torp Court District, or Torps tingslag, was a district of Medelpadia in Sweden. ... Gothenburg (Swedish:  ) ) is a city and municipality in the province Västergötland on the west-coast of Sweden. ...