Comox

Comox

Comox is a name from the Kwak'wala language, meaning "plenty" and "riches". The Kwakwaka'wakw people of British Columbia, Canada applied it as a metonym to the Salish people living in the area of the present-day town of the same name. It occurs in the name of several places, as well as the name of an aboriginal people, their language, and a town in the same area.

Comox is also part of the name of several British Columbian provincial and Canadian federal electoral districts:

  • Comox, a provincial electoral district 1871-1986
  • Comox Valley, a provincial electoral district since 1991
  • Comox—Atlin, a federal electoral district 1903-1914
  • Comox—Alberni, a federal electoral district 1914-1976, 1987-1996
  • Comox—Powell River, a federal electoral district 1976-1987

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