# Bad Axe

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bad-axe