Inch, a Gaelic word, corresponding to Irish innis, and signifying Island (q.v.); the same root appears in Lat. ins-ula. Inch and Innis enter into many compounds, as Inchmahome (an island in the Lake of Menteith), Inniscattery (an island in the estuary of the Shannon), &c.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 93
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