The name enneagon comes from Greek enneagonon (εννεα, "nine" + γωνον (from γωνία = "corner")), and is arguably more correct,[1] though less common.
The area of a regular nonagon of side length a is given by where the radius r of the inscribed circle of the regular nonagon is and where R is the radius of its circumscribed circle: Although a regular nonagon is not constructible with compass and straightedge (as 9 = 32, which is not a product of distinct Fermat primes), there are very old methods of construction that produce very close approximations.
Cyclic symmetries in the middle column are labeled as g for their central gyration orders.
In the notation of symmetrohedron this tiling is called H(*;3;*;[2]) with H representing *632 hexagonal symmetry in the plane.
The K9 complete graph is often drawn as a regular enneagon with all 36 edges connected.