Pilar

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Pilar is Portuguese and Spanish for pillar. It has assumed a great religious significance due to

Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar), the name given to the Blessed Virgin Mary for her appearance in Spain, where she is commonly depicted as standing on top of a pillar
- María del Pilar (Mary of the Pillar), derived from the above, is a common female name in Latin American countries. In Spain, it is usually abbreviated to Pilar, and as such developed into a name in its own right.

People

Barrio El Pilar, a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina
El Pilar, an ancient Mayan city center on the Belize-Guatemala border
Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Pilar, Cordoba Province, Argentina
Pilar da Bretanha, a civil parish on the island of São Miguel, in the Azores
Pilar de la Horadada, a town and district in the Province of Alicante, Spain
Pilar, Goa, India
Pilar, New Mexico, United States
Pilar, Paraguay
Pilar Partido, a partido located in Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Fort Pilar, a 17th-century military defence fortress built by the Spanish colonial government in Zamboanga City, Philippines
Pilar College, a private sectarian school in Zamboanga City, Philippines
Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald, a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions
Pilar tuco-tuco, a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae
Treaty of Pilar, a pact signed among the rulers of the Argentine provinces of Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires
Pilar (boat), Ernest Hemingway's boat, also the protagonist in his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls and his nickname for second wife Pauline Pfeiffer