# Toluca Lake

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States.

## Etymology
In 1893, a petition was filed with the U.S. Postal Service for the area’s first post office, to be named “Toluca Post Office”. General Charles Forman, a wealthy local landowner and one of the proponents of the petition, later stated that he had chosen the name “Toluca” from a Paiute word meaning “fertile” or “beautiful” valley.

## Source
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