Pentagon

pentagon pentàgon English Etymology From the shape of the building. Pronunciation en /ˈpɛntəɡɑn/ US,CA en /ˈpɛntəɡən/ UK en Pen ta gon en en-ca-pentagon.oga CA Proper noun pentagon 1 The headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. en metonym The United States Department of Defense. en Pentagram<qq:slang> en Workers World Leslie Feinberg https://ia804705.us.archive.org/23/items/lavender-and-red/Lavender_and_Red.pdf#page=252 Many histories converged at Stonewall 24 Aug 06 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. en Priscilla Alvarez DHS directs review of personnel with access to classified material in wake of Pentagon leak w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/politics/dhs-review-classified-material-personnel-access/index.html 2023-05-16 Asked by CNN what measures DHS was taking after the Pentagon leaks, Mayorkas said the department issued a reminder to employees and that he had directed a review. https://web.archive.org/web/20250420222930/https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/politics/dhs-review-classified-material-personnel-access/index.html 20 April 2025 Derived terms en Pentagonese they hit the Pentagon Translations headquarters of the United States Department of Defense Arabic: ar بَنْتَاغُون m bantāgōn Armenian: hy Պենտագոն Belarusian: be Пентаго́н m, be Пэнтаго́н m Bengali: bn পেন্টাগন Bulgarian: bg Пентаго́н m Catalan: ca Pentàgon m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 五角大樓 Wǔjiǎo Dàlóu, cmn 五角大廈 Wǔjiǎo Dàshà Dutch: nl Pentagon n Finnish: fi Pentagon French: fr Pentagone m Georgian: ka პენტაგონი German: de Pentagon n Greek: el Πεντάγωνο n Hebrew: he פֶּנְטָגוֹן m pentagón Hindi: hi पेंटागन m Hungarian: hu Pentagon Japanese: ja ペンタゴン Pentagon, ja 五稜堡 ごりょうほ, Goryōho Korean: ko ^펜타곤 Macedonian: mk Пентагон m Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira پِنْتاگون pentâgon Polish: pl Pentagon m Portuguese: pt Pentágono m Russian: ru Пентаго́н Spanish: es Pentágono m Swedish: sv Pentagon c Thai: th เดอะเพนตากอน Ukrainian: uk Пентаго́н m Urdu: ur پینْٹا گون m Vietnamese: vi Lầu Năm Góc, vi Ngũ Giác Đài References The Pentagon Anagrams en aegnnopt pantogen German Etymology 1 de: de en Pentagon. Pronunciation de /ˈpɛntaɡɔn/ de De-Pentagon2.ogg Proper noun n the headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense. Declension n.sg Etymology 2 Ultimately from de grc πεντάγωνος five-angled. Pronunciation de /pɛntaˈɡoːn/ de De-Pentagon.ogg Noun n,- pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles) de Fünfeck Declension n,- Further reading Pentagon_Fuenfeck_Ministerium Pentagon (Fünfeck, Ministerium) Japanese Romanization ペンタゴン Romanian Etymology ro :bor en:Pentagon + 1 Noun ro proper noun n (USA) en Pentagon