What Does Inch Mean in Irish?

"Inch" in Scottish and Irish placenames (an anglicisation of the Gaelic innis) usually meaning an island (often an islet) or meadow: Ireland.

What do you mean by inches?

The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to 136 yard or 112 of a foot.

Where does the word inches come from?

The unit derives from the Old English ince, or ynce, which in turn came from the Latin unit uncia, which was “one-twelfth” of a Roman foot, or pes. (The Latin word uncia was the source of the name of another English unit, the ounce.)