Pentagon

See also: pentagon and pentàgon

English

Etymology

From the shape of the building.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntəɡɑn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntəɡən/
• Hyphenation: Pen‧ta‧gon

• Audio (CA):

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Proper noun

the Pentagon

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

Translations

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

• Armenian: Պենտագոն (Pentagon)
• Catalan: Pentàgon m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 五角大樓／五角大楼 (zh) (Wǔjiǎo Dàlóu), 五角大楼 (zh) (Wǔjiǎo Dàlóu), 五角大廈／五角大厦 (Wǔjiǎo Dàshà), 五角大厦 (Wǔjiǎo Dàshà)

• Dutch: Pentagon (nl) n
• Finnish: Pentagon
• French: Pentagone (fr) m
• Georgian: პენტაგონი (ṗenṭagoni)
• German: Pentagon (de) n
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• Hebrew: פנטגון m (pentagón)
• Hungarian: Pentagon (hu)
• Japanese: 五稜堡 (ごりょうほ goryôho), ペンタゴン Pentagon
• Polish: Pentagon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Pentágono (pt) m
• Russian: Пентагон (ru) (Pentagon)
• Spanish: Pentágono m
• Swedish: Pentagon (sv) c

References

• The Pentagon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Pentagon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntaɡɔn/

Noun

Pentagon n (genitive Pentagons, no plural)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛntaˈɡoːn/

Noun

Pentagon n

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

Synonyms

• Fünfeck

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Japanese

Romanization

Pentagon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ペンタゴン

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Romanian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pentagonus

Noun

Pentagon n (USA)

1. Pentagon