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 language, a Coast Salish language of the areas of Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia flanking the northern part of the Strait of Georgia.
• Comox people
  • Island Comox (people)
    • K'ómoks First Nation, aka the Comox Indian Band
  • Mainland Comox, referring to three groups: the Sliammon, Klahoose, and Homalhco

• Comox, British Columbia, a town on Vancouver Island
• Comox Valley - the environs of Comox and neighbouring Courtenay and Cumberland
• Comox Lake, a lake in the Comox Valley
• Comox Glacier, a glacier near Comox Lake
• CFB Comox, a Canadian Forces base near the town

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