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Spring·field (spriŋ′fēld′)

  1. city in SW Mass., on the Connecticut River: pop. 152,000
  2. city in SW Mo.: pop. 152,000
  3. capital of Ill., in the central part: pop. 111,000
  4. city in WC Ohio: pop. 65,000

Etymology: first Springfieldsense after Springfield, village in Essex, England: others prob. after first sense

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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