Driving distance from Springfield, MO to Springfield, IL. The total driving distance from Springfield, MO to Springfield, IL is 319 miles or 513 kilometers. Your trip begins in Springfield, Missouri. It ends in Springfield, Illinois.
English (language) The term derived from Guinea Negro, (black Guinea) so-called, in pejorative identification of Italians of dark complexion, in reference to the Guinea Coast of West Africa. The slur implied that Italian-Americans were racially negroid, and originally referred to any black or dark-complected person of mixed ancestry.
The origin of 'guinea' in 'guinea pig' is a little bit harder to explain. One of the hypotheses is that because the guinea pigs were brought into Europe trough Guinea, it is there from where they were labeled as such.thers believe it may be an alteration of the word Coney; guinea pigs were referred to as 'pig coneys' in Edward Topsell's 1607 treatise on quadrupeds.