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Local businesses emanate for a few square blocks around Town Square, a paved octagon surrounded by trees and grass that also features a historic gazebo.—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 July 2025 In terms of his fighting career, McGregor has long touted his return to the octagon after his first attempt last June came to an unfortunate end due to a training injury.—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025 Oliveira has won 13 of his last 15 times in the octagon, entering this fight.—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025 The first-round knockout was a jarring return to the octagon.—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for octagon
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Etymology
Latin octagonum, from Greek oktagōnon, from okta- + -gōnon -gon
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