PENTAGON

Pentagon

(noun) a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense

Pentagon

(noun) the United States military establishment

pentagon

(noun) a five-sided polygon

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pentagon (plural pentagons)

(geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.

A fort with five bastions.

Etymology

From the shape of the building.

Proper noun

the Pentagon

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Pen"ta*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. Penta-) + gwni`a angle: cf. L. pentagonium, F. pentagone.] (Geom.)

Definition: A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles. Regular pentagon, a pentagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides all equal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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