- Pentagon, the
- [ˈpentəgən]the department of defence in the US government, or the building that belongs to this department
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Pentagon, the — Pen|ta|gon, the [ pentə,gan ] the department of defense in the U.S. government, that controls the military, or the building that belongs to this department: Rumors of American involvement have been denied by the Pentagon … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Pentagon (disambiguation) — Pentagon is a five sided polygon. The term may also refer to one of the following. *The Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense in Arlington County, Virginia *Pentagon (computer), a Soviet clone of the ZX Spectrum… … Wikipedia
(the) Pentagon — the Pentagon UK [ˈpentəɡən] US [ˈpentəˌɡɑn] the department of the US government that controls the armed forces, or the building that belongs to this department Rumours of American involvement have been denied by the Pentagon.… … Useful english dictionary
pentagon — ► NOUN 1) a plane figure with five straight sides and five angles. 2) (the Pentagon) the headquarters of the US Department of Defense, near Washington DC. DERIVATIVES pentagonal adjective … English terms dictionary
The Armies of the Night — (1968) is a Pulitzer Prizecite web | title = Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non Fiction | work = | publisher =pulitzer.org | date = | url =http://www.pulitzer.org/ | format =web | doi = | accessdate = 2008 02 28 ] and National Book Award winning … Wikipedia
The Pentagon — Infobox Military Structure name= The Pentagon location= Arlington, Virginia caption= Southwest view of the Pentagon with the Potomac River and Washington Monument in background. type= Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense built= 1943… … Wikipedia
Pentagon Renovation Program — A composite aerial view showing the renovations to The Pentagon. The Pentagon Renovation Program or PENREN was a long term project by the United States Department of Defense to perform a complete slab to slab renovation of The Pentagon in… … Wikipedia
Pentagon road network — 1945 map of the Pentagon road network The Pentagon road network is a system of highways, mostly freeways, built by the United States federal government in the early 1940s to serve the Pentagon in northern Virginia. The roads, transferred to the… … Wikipedia
Pentagon MASCAL — During the exercise, a plane crash was simulated inside the courtyard of a miniature model of the Pentagon. The Pentagon Mass Casualty project (codenamed Pentagon Mascal) was a contingency exercise that was held in the Office of the Secretary of… … Wikipedia
Pentagon — N PROPER: the N, N n The Pentagon is the main building of the US Defense Department, in Washington. The US Defense Department is often referred to as the Pentagon. ...a news conference at the Pentagon... The Pentagon says bad weather is hampering … English dictionary
