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because bob named it that... Ok?
If you mean the building, it is because it is pentagonal in shape. If you mean the shape, "pentagon" is greek for "five angles".
Actually, I think the Pentagon is named so because of the five branches of the military: U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard. And then it was built to be five sided to represent those branches.
The building "The pentagone" is shaped like a pentagone the 5 sided polygone. Penta means 5 in Latin and a polygon is a shape with no intersecting or curved lines, and all the lines are straight. So Penta + Polygon (Shape) = Pentagon, a 5 sided shape!
The White House and the Pentagon are two different buildings. The pentagon is a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
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What was the collection of secret government documents about the Vietnam war called?
The Pentagon Papers
What is the address of the Pentagon Renovation Construction Program at the Pentagon?
the pentagon is where the government lives =)
Where does the word pentagon originate?
The word pentagon comes from the Greek word pentagon on
What is the difference between a Pentagon and regular pentagon?
a pentagon has 5 sides, a regular pentagon has 5 EQUAL sides A Regular Pentagon is a shape that has equal angles and side lengths. It is type of Pentagon. Pentagons do not have to have equal sides and lengths.
What part of the pentagon did they attack?
The front of the pentagon
What is a 5 side figure called?
pentagon A pentagon. A 5-sided figure is called a pentagon. pentagon A five sided figure is called a pentagon
What is a shaped called with 5 sides?
A pentagon if all sides are equal - if they are not it is called a polygon
A polygon with 5 sides is called what?
Pentagon ("pent" means five).
A five-sided polygon is called?
A five sided polygon is called a pentagon because pentagon means five sided polygon I think.
What is a pentagon with fourteen sides called?
A pentagon with 14 sides is called a "contradiction in terms".The definition of a pentagon is: A figure with fivesides.
Why is it called a pentagon?
Because a pentagon has 5 sides
What is a 5 sides shape called?
Five sided shapes are called Pentagons
What is a 3-D pentagon called?
A 3D pentagon could be called a pentagon prism or a dodecahedron which is a Platonic solid with 12 pentagonal faces.
What is a 3 dimensional pentagon called?
A 3-D pentagon
What is a 15 side pentagon called?
Not a pentagon. Penta = 5
Why is the Pentagon in the US called the Pentagon?
If viewed from the air, the shape of the building is a pentagon (it has 5 sides)
What is the difference between the pentagon and the pentagon building?
They are both the same. Pentagon is just a shorter way of saying the pentagon building. As for if you meant the shape pentagon, it is called the pentagon because it's shape is a pentagon.
