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.
country name, late 14c., from Medieval Latin Turchia, from Turcus (see Turk) + -ia. turkey (n.) 1540s, originally guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), a bird imported from Madagascar via Turkey, and called guinea fowl when brought by Portuguese traders from West Africa.