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How many sides does a regular heptagon have

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The prefix "hept" is from the Greek hept for seven.

This can also be referred to as a septagon as "sept" is the Latin seven.

Usually the prefixes from the Greek/Latin forms are the same, but this is a case where they are different :P

So the heptagon/septagon have seven sides.
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A regular heptagon has 7 sides.
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