Pen|ta|gon

Pen|ta|gon
pen|ta|gon «PEHN tuh gon», noun.
a plane figure having five angles and five sides.
[< Late Latin pentagōnum < Greek pentágōnon (literally) neuter of pentágōnos five-angled < pénte five + gōníā angle]
Pen|ta|gon «PEHN tuh gon», noun.
1. a five-sided building that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. It is in Arlington, Virginia.
2. the Department of Defense.

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