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No, northward is an adverb or an adjective. Adverbs describes verbs, other adverbs, and adjectives. Adjectives describe nouns. Example uses:

As an adverb: I was heading northward. (describing the verb heading)

As an adverb: We took the northward facing cabin. (describing the adjective facing)

As an adjective: We drove the northward route to the lake. (describing the noun route)

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