''Temescal'', ''Temascal'' and ''Temazcal'' are all forms of the
Nahuatl
Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...
word which refers to a type of
sweat lodge
A sweat lodge is a low profile hut, typically dome-shaped or oblong, and made with natural materials. The structure is the ''lodge'', and the ceremony performed within the structure may be called by some cultures a purification ceremony or simply ...
used by indigenous
Mesoamericans
Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. ...
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Temescal, Temascal, or Temazcal might also refer to:
Mexico
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Temascal, Oaxaca
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Temazcal Limestone
United States
Alameda County, California
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Temescal, Oakland, California
Temescal is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Oakland, California, located in North Oakland, and centered on Telegraph Avenue. The neighborhood derives its name from Temescal Creek, a significant watercourse in the city.
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Temescal Creek (Northern California)
Temescal Creek (''Temescal'', Mexican Spanish for "sweat lodge", is one of the principal watercourses in the city of Oakland, California, United States.
The word "temescal" is derived from ''temescalli/temazcalli'' (variously transliterated), whic ...
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Lake Temescal
Lake Temescal is a small reservoir in the Oakland hills, in northeastern Oakland, California. It is the centerpiece of Temescal Regional Recreation Area, also known as Temescal Regional Park (and originally, Lake Temescal Regional Park). It is a p ...
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Temescal Regional Park
Temescal Regional Recreation Area (TRRA), formerly Lake Temescal Regional Park, is a regional park in the Berkeley Hills, in northeastern Oakland, California. The TRRA encompasses , abutting SR 24, SR13, and the interchange connecting the two hig ...
, the park surrounding Lake Temescal.
Los Angeles & Ventura Counties, California
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Rancho Temescal
Rancho Temescal was a Mexican land grant in present-day Ventura County and Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Francisco Lopez and José Arellanes. The word “temescal” is Spanish for "sweat bath ...
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Temescal Canyon, Los Angeles County
Temescal Canyon (''Temescal'', Spanish for " sweat lodge") is a valley lying in Pacific Palisades with-in the Los Angeles County portion of the Santa Monica Mountains in California
California is a state in the Western United States, locat ...
Riverside County, California
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Rancho Temescal (Serrano) Rancho Temescal was a farming outpost of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, one of the 21 Franciscan missions established in California by Spain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Mission was located on the coast where Oceanside, C ...
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Temescal Canyon
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Temescal Canyon High School (Lake Elsinore, California)
Temescal Canyon High School is a public high school part of the Lake Elsinore Unified School District. Though it is located in Lake Elsinore, California, it also serves the areas of Canyon Lake and Horsethief Canyon. The school was opened for the ...
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Temescal Creek (Riverside County)
Temescal Creek (shown on federal maps as Temescal Wash) is an approximately U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 16, 2011 watercourse in Riverside County, in the U.S. stat ...
* Temescal Freeway, a name for
California State Route 71
State Route 71 (SR 71) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. Serving Riverside County, California, Riverside, San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles counties, it runs ...
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Temescal Mountains
Temescal Mountains, also known as the Sierra Temescal (Spanish for " sweat lodge range"), are one of the northernmost mountain ranges of the Peninsular Ranges in western Riverside County, in Southern California in the United States. They extend ...
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Temescal Valley (California)
Temescal Valley (''Temescal'', Spanish for "sweat lodge") in California is a graben rift valley in western Riverside County, California, a part of the Elsinore Trough. The Elsinore Trough is a graben between the Santa Ana Mountain Block to the s ...
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Temescal Valley, California
Temescal Valley (''Temescal'', Spanish for "sweat lodge") is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California. Temescal Valley sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Temescal Valley's population was 22,535.
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Temescal Butterfield stage station
The Temescal Butterfield stage station is the site where the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach stopped to deliver mail and get fresh horses in what is now Riverside County, California. The Temescal Butterfield stage station was designated a Ca ...
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Temescal, Corona, California, the settlement that grew up around Temescal Station
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