Comox
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'''Comox''' is a name from the [[Chinook Jargon]] (''kamuks'' meaning "dog") and is found in several placenames as well as the name of an aboriginal people, their language, and a town in the same area:
*[[Comox (language)]], a [[Salish|Salishan 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)
**[[Sliammon|Mainland Comox]], also known as the [[Sliammon]] or [[Homalhko]]
*[[Comox, British Columbia]], a town on Vancouver Island
*[[Comox Valley]] - the environs of Comox and neighbouring [[Courtenay, British Columbia|Courtenay]] and [[Cumberland, British Columbia|Cumberland]]
*[[Comox Lake]], a [[lake]] in the Comox Valley
*[[CFB Comox]], a [[Canadian Forces base]] near Comox
'''Comox''' is also part of the name of several [[British Columbia|British Columbian]] provincial and [[Canadian]] federal electoral districts:
*[[Comox (electoral district)|Comox]], provincial electoral district 1871-1986
*[[Comox Valley (electoral district)|Comox Valley]], provincial electoral district since 1991
*[[Comox—Atlin]], federal electoral district 1903-1914
*[[Comox—Alberni]], federal electoral district 1914-1976, 1987-1996
*[[Comox—Powell River]], federal electoral district 1976-1987
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