It depends. A polygon can have any number of sides, in the same way as a circle can have any radius.
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A quadrilateral has 4 sides whereas a polygon has many sides which includes a quadrilateral
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A closed geometric figure could be called a polylateral - but that is a very obscure word - or simply a polygon. Generally such a figure is referred to in terms of how many lines it is composed of: 3 = triangle 4= quadrilateral 5 = pentagon, etc.
The number of triangles formed by the diagonals of a 21 sided polygon is C(21,3) = 21x20x19/3x2x1 = 1,330.