# Comox

> English word · Proper noun · IPA [ˈkʰoʊˌmɒks] · frequency rank #94,698

## Definitions
1. A town on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
2. A Salishan language historically spoken in Comox and the surrounding areas, including the Sunshine Coast.
3. A dialect of that language, spoken in Comox.

## Etymology
From Lik'wala, the southern dialect of Kwak'wala kw’umuxws (“plentiful”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/comox