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.
In the 1700s Dutch and English traders brought guinea pigs over from South America to Europe, where they became popular pets for the aristocracy. It is possible that on the journey over to Europe that they did stop at Guinea, leading people to believe that was where they came from. Queen Elizabeth 1 owned a pet guinea pig, which probably accounted for their popularity as pets from that time. Guinea pigs are now extremely popular pets.