Comox is a name from the Kwak'wala language meaning "plenty" and "riches" and was applied by them to the Salish people living in the area of today's town of the same name.
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.