Comox
noun
a member of a Salishan Native Canadian people living on Vancouver Island
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Historical Examples of comox
I expect Ill have to make a trip across to Comox for them in a sea canoe.
The ProtectorHarold Bindloss
It is thought to be more than likely that the Comox District may prove far more productive than the Nanaimo region.
On Canada's FrontierJulian Ralph
The Nanaimo area is estimated at 200 square miles, and the product is no better than, if it equals, that of the Comox District.
On Canada's FrontierJulian Ralph
The flock, or succession of flocks, were as numerous as those observed some weeks before off Comox Spit.
Jack the Young CanoemanGeorge Bird Grinnell
They took me back with them to their rancherieyou could find thatand sailed me across to Comox by and by.
The ProtectorHarold Bindloss