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the Pentagon

 
/ˈpentəgɒn/ noun

Translation

the department of the US government that controls the army, navy, etc, or the building where it is
Pentagon; ABD Savunma Bakanlığı/Genel Kurmay Başkanlığı
The Pentagon refused to comment on potential military targets.429
(Definition of the Pentagon noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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