Associations to the word «Springfield»

Wiktionary

SPRINGFIELD, proper noun. Any of several towns, including the following:
SPRINGFIELD, proper noun. The capital of Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, proper noun. A major Massachusetts city where basketball was invented in 1891.
SPRINGFIELD, proper noun. A major city in the Ozark mountain region of Missouri.
SPRINGFIELD, proper noun. The fictional town in which The Simpsons is set.
SPRINGFIELD, proper noun. A habitational surname​.
SPRINGFIELD, proper noun. (slang) The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Dictionary definition

SPRINGFIELD, noun. Capital of the state of Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, noun. A city of southwestern Missouri.
SPRINGFIELD, noun. A city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River.

Wise words

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