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Etymology
image:Octagon.svg|thumb|An octagon
First attested in 1656, from L. octagonos, from Gr. οκ�άγ�νο� (oktág�nos), eight-angled, from ' (okto), eight + '<!--Greek please--> (gonia), angle.
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Noun
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1. geometry A polygon with eight sides and eight angles.

Translations
trans-top|polygon with eight sides and eight angles
Bulgarian: о�мо�г�лник m
Czech: osmiúhelník m
Dutch: achthoek m
Finnish: kahdeksankulmio
French: octogone m
German: Achteck n
Hebrew: he-translation|�ת���|metumán m
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Icelandic: átthyrningur m
Italian: ottagono m
Japanese: ��形 (������, hakkakukei)
Russian: во��ми�гол�ник m
Slovak: osemuholník m
Spanish: octágono m
Swedish: oktagon
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Related terms
octagonal

Category:Greek derivations

fr:octagon
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zh:octagon

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