Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bad axe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: bad axe
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the county seat of Huron County, Michigan, United States.

name

Former name of Genoa, Wisconsin, originally named after the Bad Axe River.

Etymology

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

Questions

What does bad axe mean?: A city, the county seat of Huron County, Michigan, United States.
Where does bad axe come from?: In Michigan, from a badly damaged axe found by a road survey team.

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