What does "northward" mean?
Northward: Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
Additional senses
- 2.Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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