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torppa

Pronunciation: /ˈtorpːɑ/

“torppa” is a Finnish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. croft, copyhold (farm, part of a larger farm or manor, the rent of which was paid through work on the owner's land and sometimes with produce, extant in Sweden and Finland from the 17th to the early 20th century)
  2. a house on a croft or copyhold; cottage (small farmhouse)

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish torp.

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