Pentagon

See also: pentagon and pentàgon

English

Etymology

From the shape of the building.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

the Pentagon

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 (zh), 五角大楼 (zh) (Wǔjiǎo Dàlóu), 五角大廈, 五角大厦 (Wǔjiǎo Dàshà)
Dutch: Pentagon (nl) n
Finnish: Pentagon
French: Pentagone (fr) m
Georgian: პენტაგონი (ṗenṭagoni)
German: Pentagon (de) n

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

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Pentagon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntaɡɔn/

Noun

Pentagon n (genitive Pentagons, no plural)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛntaˈɡoːn/

Noun

Pentagon n

pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles)

Synonyms

Fünfeck

Japanese

Romanization

Pentagon

Rōmaji transcription of ペンタゴン

Romanian

Etymology

Latin pentagonus

Noun

Pentagon n (USA)

Pentagon

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