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Because it has five sides, five floors (above ground), five ring corridors per floor, and a five-acre central plaza. Pentagon is the name for a five-sided polygon.

Also, The Pentagon is in Virginia, not Washington DC.

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The building is five sided.

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Q: Why is the building in Washington D.C. called the pentagon?
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