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northward

/ˈnɔɹθwɚd/ noun B2
  1. The direction or area lying to the north of a place. (uncountable)
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They are gone down to Newcastle, a place quite northward it seems, and there they are to stay, I do not know how long.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 315 · B2
Gardiner would be prevented by business from setting out till a fortnight later in July, and must be in London again within a month; and as that left too short a period for them to go so far, and see so much as they had proposed, or at least to see it with the leisure and comfort they had built on, they were obliged to give up the Lakes, and substitute a more contracted tour; and, according to the present plan, were to go no farther northward than Derbyshire.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 270 · B2
However, as the twentieth century progressed, the lure of industrial employment prompted a massive migration northward.
From the Delta to Memphis, p. 1 · C1

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