Note 987 — Chapter X · LEARNING AND LANGUAGE. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Tor-inis. Tours, in France. The form of the name in the text, Tor-inis, would in Irish signify ‘tower-island’ (from tor, a tower, and inis, an island); but this form is probably an attempt of the scribe or translator to represent Turonensis, the Latin for Tours.