Temescal
The terms Temescal and Temascal come from the Nahuatl word temazcal which refers to a type of sweat lodge used by indigenous Mesoamericans.
They have becomes names for a variety of places in North America:
Oakland, California
- Temescal, Oakland, California, a neighborhood
- Temescal Creek (Northern California)
- Lake Temescal
- Temescal Regional Park, the park surrounding Lake Temescal.
Southern California
- Rancho Temescal, in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
- Rancho Temescal (Serrano), in present-day Riverside County, California.
- Temescal Canyon High School (Lake Elsinore, California)
- Temescal Canyon, Los Angeles County
- Temescal Creek (Riverside County)
- Temescal Valley (California), a valley in western Riverside County, California.
- Temescal Valley, California, a census-designated place.
- Temescal, Corona, California, the settlement that grew up around the Temescal Station of the Butterfield Overland Mail in San Bernardino County. Now in the city of Corona, Riverside County.
Mexico
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