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pentagon.

A polygon with five sides and five angles.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɛn.təˌɡɑn/Canada, US/ˈpɛn.tə.ɡən/UK/ˈpɛn.tə.ɡɒn/UK
  1. A polygon with five sides and five angles.

  2. A fort with five bastions.

Where this word comes from

From Middle French pentagone, from Late Latin pentagōnum, from Ancient Greek πεντάγωνον (pentágōnon), noun use of the neuter of the adjective πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos, “five-angled”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -γωνος (-gōnos, “angled”). Equivalent to penta- + -gon.

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