how to pronounce pentagon

/ˈpɛn.tə.ɡən/

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pentagon is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of pentagon in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… flight 77 hit the Pentagon many people …”

meanings of pentagon

noun:

A fort with five bastions.
A polygon with five sides and five angles.

name:

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

pentagon frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word pentagon occurs in english on average 3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.