Pilar, Portuguese and Spanish for pillar, may refer to:

People

Pilar (given name) Pilar is a feminine Spanish language given name; traditionally short for " Maria del Pilar," it may refer to any of the following: * Pilar Arlando (born 1989), Portuguese holder of the title of Miss World Singapore for 2009–2010 * Pilar Barbosa ...

, a common abbreviation of ''María del Pilar'', including a list of people so named *

Pilar (surname) Pilar, del Pilar, or Pilař is a surname. In Spanish culture, this surname is derived from " Maria del Pilar", a reference to Mary, mother of Jesus. In Czech (pilař), and Serbo-Croatian (pìlār, pilar) the surname literally means the occupatio ...

, a list of people surnamed Pilar or del Pilar

Places

Argentina

Barrio El Pilar Barrio El Pilar is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers ...

, a village and municipality in Río Negro Province *

Pilar, Buenos Aires Province Pilar is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina with a population of 299,077 as per the . It is part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation and is the seat of the administrative division of Pilar Partido. Since the early 1990s, Pi ...

* Pilar, Córdoba Province *

Pilar Partido Pilar Partido is a partido in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 232,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Pilar, which is aroun ...

, a partido located in Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province

Brazil

Pilar, Alagoas Pilar is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population was 35,212 (2020) and its area is 249 km². On March 28, 1876, Pilar carried out the last official execution of Brazil when it hanged the slave Francisco Franc ...

Pilar, Paraíba Pilar, Paraíba is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Paraíba This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Paraíba (PB), located in the Northeast Region of ...

Pilar de Goiás Pilar de Goiás is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil. Location Pilar is located 252 kilometers north of the state capital, Goiânia in the Ceres Microregion. It is connected to the south of the state, with its main urban ce ...

, Goiás *

Pilar do Sul Pilar do Sul is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 29,402 (2020 est.) in an area of 681.12 km². The elevation is 689 m. History The history of Pil ...

, São Paulo

Philippines

Pilar, Abra Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar ( ilo, Ili ti Pilar, tl, Bayan ng Pilar), is a municipality in the province of Abra in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines. The population was 10,146 at the 2020 census. Geography ...

, a 5th class municipality *

Pilar, Bataan Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar ( tl, Bayan ng Pilar), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 46,239 people. The Bataan Government Center and the histo ...

, a 3rd class municipality *

Pilar, Bohol Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar ( ceb, Munisipyo sa Pilar; tgl, Bayan ng Pilar), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,693 people. The town of Pi ...

, a 4th class municipality *

Pilar, Capiz Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar ( Capiznon/ Hiligaynon: ''Banwa sang Pilar''; tl, Bayan ng Pilar), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 47,100 people ...

, a 4th class municipality *

Pilar, Cebu Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar ( ceb, Lungsod sa Pilar; tgl, Bayan ng Pilar), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,506 people. The municipality ...

, a 5th class municipality *

Pilar, Sorsogon Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 75,793 people. Pilar's economy is mainly agricultural. Despite efforts on mul ...

, a 1st class municipality *

Pilar, Surigao del Norte Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar ( Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Pilar; tl, Bayan ng Pilar), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 10,374 people. ...

, a 5th class municipality

Elsewhere

El Pilar El Pilar is an ancient Maya city center located on the Belize-Guatemala border. The site is located north of San Ignacio, Belize and can be accessed through the San Ignacio and Bullet Tree Falls on the Belize River. The name "El Pilar" is Span ...

, an ancient Mayan city center on the Belize-Guatemala border *

Pilar da Bretanha Pilar da Bretanha is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It was de-annexed from the historical parish of Bretanha on 10 July 2002, along with Ajuda da Bre ...

, a civil parish on the island of São Miguel, in the Azores *

Pilar de la Horadada Pilar de la Horadada () is a town and district in the Province of Alicante, in the southeast of Spain. Located 66 km south of Alicante, the city is the southernmost of the Valencian Community, only 1 km north of the regional border (wit ...

, a town and district in the Province of Alicante, Spain *

Pilar, Goa Pilar is a village in Goa, India, some 10 km from the state capital Panaji. It is on a hill top and has a panoramic view of the Arabian Sea and the mountains all around. Etymology The village is named after Our Lady of the Pillar (''Nues ...

, India *

Pilar, New Mexico Pilar (formerly Cieneguilla) is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is located on the Rio Grande. Etymology The original name of Cieneguilla is derived from the Spanish word "ciénaga", which means "marsh" ...

, United States *

Pilar, Paraguay Pilar () is the capital city of the Paraguayan department of Ñeembucú, located along the Paraguay River in the southwestern part of the country. Located about from Asunción, Pilar serves as an important center of commerce and government for ...

Other uses

* ''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 *

Pilar College Pilar College of Zamboanga City, Inc. is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution owned and administered by the Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM) in Zamboanga City, Philippines. It was founded by the RVM Sisters in 1894 as a C ...

, in Zamboanga City, Philippines *

Pilar tuco-tuco The Pilar tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys pilarensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in Ñeembucú and Misiones Departments in southern Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República de ...

, a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae *

Fort Pilar The Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza (''Royal Fort of Our Lady of the Pillar of Saragossa''), also Fort Pilar, is a 17th-century military defense fortress built by the History of the Philippines (1521–1898), Spanish colonial g ...

, a 17th-century military defence fortress in Zamboanga City, Philippines *

Our Lady of the Pillar Our Lady of the Pillar ( es, Nuestra Señora del Pilar) is the name given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the context of the traditional belief that Mary, while living in Jerusalem, supernaturally appeared to the Apostle James the Greater in AD 4 ...

(''Nuestra Señora del Pilar'' or ''María del Pilar''), the name given to the Virgin Mary for her appearance in Spain, where she is commonly depicted as standing on top of a pillar *

Treaty of Pilar The Treaty of Pilar (in Spanish, ''Tratado del Pilar'') was a pact signed among the rulers of the Argentine provinces of Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires, which is recognized as the foundation of the federal organization of the country. I ...

, a pact signed among the rulers of the Argentine provinces of Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires * In medicine and healthcare and anatomy and physiology, pilar means a hair, or something hair-like or having to do with hair; see

pilar cyst A trichilemmal cyst (or pilar cyst) is a common cyst that forms from a hair follicle, most often on the scalp, and is smooth, mobile, and filled with keratin, a protein component found in hair, nails, skin, and horns. Trichilemmal cysts are clin ...