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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.
[edit] People
- Pilar (given name), a disambiguation page
- Adolf Pilar von Pilchau (1851–1925), Baltic German politician, regent of the United Baltic Duchy and baron
- Đuro Pilar (1846–1893), Croatian geologist, professor and rector at the University of Zagreb
- Fernando Pilar (born in born 1979), Brazilian football player
- Gladys del Pilar (born in born 1967), Swedish singer and dancer
- Gregorio del Pilar (1875–1899), one of the youngest generals in the Philippine Revolutionary Forces during the Philippine Revolution
- Ivo Pilar (1874–1933), Croatian historian, politician and jurist, considered the father of Croatian geopolitics
- Karel Pilař (born in born 1977), Czech professional ice hockey player
- Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850–1896), Filipino writer, journalist, satirist and revolutionary leader of the Philippine Revolution
- María del Pilar Pereyra (born 1978), Argentine butterfly swimmer
- Pío del Pilar (died 1931), Revolutionary General of the Philippines
- Václav Pilař (born in born 1988), Czech football player
- Pilar, both the protagonist in Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls and his nickname for 2nd wife Pauline Pfeiffer
- Pilar (Ernest Hemingway's boat) Ernest Hemingway's boat
- Pilars de Pilar (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
[edit] Places
[edit] Brazil
[edit] Philippines
- Pilar, Abra, a 5th class municipality in the province of Abra
- Pilar, Bataan
- Pilar, Bohol, a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol
- Pilar, Capiz, a 4th class municipality in the province of Capiz
- Pilar, Cebu, a 5th class municipality in the province of Cebu
- Pilar, Surigao del Norte, a 5th class municipality within the island of Siargao, province of Surigao del Norte
- Pilar, Sorsogon, a 2nd class municipality in the province of Sorsogon
[edit] Elsewhere
- Barrio El Pilar, a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina
- El Pilar, an ancient Maya city center located on the Belize-Guatemala border
- Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Pilar da Bretanha, a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada 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 the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Pilar, Ernest Hemingway's 1934 custom 38 foot fishing boat
- Fiestas del Pilar, a grand festival in Zaragoza, Spain
- Fort Pilar, a 17th century military defence fortress built by the Spanish colonial government in Zamboanga City, Philippines
- José and Pilar, a 125 minute documentary directed by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes
- Pilar College, a private sectarian school in Zamboanga City, Philippines
- Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald, a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions
- Pilar sheath acanthoma, a cutaneous condition most often found on the face
- 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
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