Because it is a plane shape with FIVE sides and FIVE vertices (corners).
In Greek Penta means 5 and gonyon means angle
The Pentagon is located near Washington DC in Arlington, Virginia (United States of America) and is called the pentagon because it is a five sided building.
It was named after a pentagon, it wasn't the 'Pentagon' that named the 'pentagon'.
The name of a 5 sided polygon is Pentagon.
The military Pentagon is named after the geometric shape, the pentagon, due to its architectural structure. The Pentagon building itself is a five-sided polygon with five equal sides and five equal angles, representing a classic example of a pentagon shape in geometry. However, apart from its shape, there is no direct connection between the military Pentagon and the study of geometry.
A pentagon is a five-sided figure, typically found in geometry. The Pentagon in Washington D.C. is five sided and named after the polygon. A pentagon is a thing, so it would be a noun. Some examples of sentences where the word pentagon functions as a noun are: "A pentagon has five sides." (subject) "That shape is a pentagon." (Predicate Nominative; a nominative is a fancy word for noun) Hope that helps!
A five sided polygon is called a pentagon because pentagon means five sided polygon I think.
A pentagon has five sides and five vertices.
the meaning of pentagon is five sided,so a pentagon is a five sided shape
A Pentagon has five sides.
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A pentagon is a five sided polygon.