Comox

Comox

Comox is a name from the Kwak'wala language, meaning "abundance", "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.

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