Pentagon

From the shape of the building.

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntəɡɑn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntəɡən/
• Hyphenation: Pen‧ta‧gon

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the Pentagon

1. The headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
2. (metonymically) The United States Department of Defense.

   Synonym: Pentagram (slang)

   • 2006 August 24, Leslie Feinberg, “Many histories converged at Stonewall”, in Workers World‎:

     The Vietnamese people inspired youth of all nationalities […] by demonstrating that the determination of a people to fight for their sovereignty and right to self-determination was an unconquerable force, even in the face of Pentagon might.

• The Pentagon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• pantogen

Borrowed from English Pentagon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntaɡɔn/

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Pentagon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Pentagons)

1. the headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense.

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos, “five-angled”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛntaˈɡoːn/

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Pentagon n (strong, genitive Pentagon, plural Pentagone)

1. pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles)

   Synonym: Fünfeck

• “Pentagon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pentagon (Fünfeck, Ministerium)” in Duden online

Pentagon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ペンタゴン

Borrowed from English Pentagon.

Pentagon n (USA)

1. Pentagon