Springfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From spring + field.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A suburb in Campbell Park parish, City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8638).
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A civil parish and suburb in Chelmsford borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7208).
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A suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5706).
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A southern suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0981).
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A suburb of Rowley Regis, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9688).
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A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9299).
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A village next to Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY3268).
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A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3411).
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A small settlement in the Black Isle, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6663).
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A suburb of Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1895).
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A census-designated place in Conway County, Arkansas.
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An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California.
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A town, the county seat of Baca County, Colorado; named after the city in Missouri.
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A city in Bay County, Florida.
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A neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida.
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A city, the county seat of Effingham County, Georgia.
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The capital city of Illinois, United States and the county seat of Sangamon County; named after the city in Massachusetts.
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An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
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An unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana.
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A city, the county seat of Washington County, Kentucky; named for nearby springs.
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A town in Livingston Parish, Louisiana; named for nearby springs.
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A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
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A city, the county seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts; named after the parish in Essex.
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A city in Calhoun County, Michigan.
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A township in Oakland County, Michigan.
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A city in Brown County, Minnesota; named either after the city in Massachusetts or for nearby springs.
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A city, the county seat of Greene County, Missouri; named after the city in Massachusetts.
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A city in Sarpy County, Nebraska; named for nearby springs.
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A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
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A township in Burlington County, New Jersey; named for nearby springs.
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A township and census-designated place therein, in Union County, New Jersey; named for nearby springs.
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A town in Otsego County, New York.
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A city in North Dakota; named for nearby springs.
examples: text: The paper said the unsubstantiated claim seems to have started with a post in a Springfield Facebook group that was widely shared across social media.
ref: 2024 September 10, Huo Jingnan, Jasmine Garsd, “JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets”, in NPR:
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A city, the county seat of Clark County, Ohio; named after the city in Massachusetts.
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A city in Lane County, Oregon; named for nearby springs.
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A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
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A city in Bon Homme County, South Dakota.
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A city, the county seat of Robertson County, Tennessee.
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An unincorporated community in Jim Wells County, Texas.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Windsor County, Vermont.
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A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
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An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
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An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
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A census-designated place in Hampshire County, West Virginia; named for the Battle of Springfield (1780), which took place in the township of Union County, New Jersey.
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A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
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A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
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An unincorporated community in the town of Lyons, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
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A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Springfield Township.
glosses: A village in the United States Virgin Islands.
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A parish of Kings County, New Brunswick; named after either the township in Burlington County, New Jersey, or the city in Massachusetts.
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A rural municipality in south-east Manitoba; in full, the Rural Municipality of Springfield.
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A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
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A town in Snowy Monaro council area, New South Wales.
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A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales.
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A locality in the Shire of Buloke, Victoria.
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A town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria.
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A suburb of Ipswich, Queensland.
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A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
glosses: A Mennonite village in Belize.
glosses: A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
glosses: A village in Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Derived terms: West Springfield