the Pentagon

/ˈpentəgɒn/ noun

Definition

› the department of the US government that controls the army, navy, etc, or the building where it is: The Pentagon refused to comment on potential military targets.

(Definition of the Pentagon noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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