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.
c.1600 (n.); 1610s (adj.), from Latin Iberia, ancient name of the Spanish peninsula, from Greek Iberes Celtic people of Spain; also the name given to an Asiatic people near the Caucasus. Of unknown origin in both uses, but the word as applied in Spain is believed to be related to the River Ebro.