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Bad Axe

Bad Axe proper noun: a city, the county seat of Huron County, Michigan, United States.

Proper noun

Bad Axe

  1. A city, the county seat of Huron County, Michigan, United States.
  2. Former name of Genoa, Wisconsin, originally named after the Bad Axe River.

Origin of Bad Axe

In Michigan, from a badly damaged axe found by a road survey team.

Questions about Bad Axe

What does Bad Axe mean?
Bad Axe means a city, the county seat of Huron County, Michigan, United States.
What part of speech is Bad Axe?
Bad Axe is a proper noun.

Words near Bad Axe in the dictionary

  1. bad apples
  2. bad appling
  3. bad ass
  4. bad asses
  5. Bad Aussee
  6. Bad Axe
  7. bad babies
  8. bad baby
  9. bad bank
  10. bad banks
  11. bad beat

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