Note 148 — Chapter XI · ON THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF THE CRIMEA.
Reading edition
Toira in Assyrian means a mountain, a chain of mountains; Tyrou in Chaldean; Tourou in Syrian. With the Turk races Tau means a mountain, a round or high building, a rampart; and or a façade. In Greek oros means a mountain. See Dubois, vol. vi. p. 12.