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- - - - If anyone is thinking about climbing Suilven in September this year please get in touch. Thanks sally,pax@live.co.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sally91152 (talkcontribs) 20:53, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm not going to make a change as I don't know the area, but a list of Gaelic place names gives Suilven as "pillar mountain", not just "pillar", which seems likely given the form of the word. 212.159.59.41 (talk) 09:01, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the Gaelic name Sùilebheinn would indeed appear to be a combination of a Norse word meaning "pillar" (cf. Icelandic súla) and the Gaelic beinn (mountain). Have edited the article accordingly. -- Picapica (talk) 22:59, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]