What about capitalizing northern or Northerner? The same rules apply to capitalizing northern as capitalizing north. If you are referring to a group of proper nouns such as “the Northern States.” However, if you're referring to a general location, such as “the northern winds” then northern should be lowercase.

Is northerly capitalized?

Direction and location

Don't capitalize words like north, south, east, and west when used to indicate a direction. Also lowercase derivative words like northern, northerly, and eastbound when referring to a direction. Farley wanted to travel west but boarded a train that was eastbound .

Do you capitalize Northern in a sentence?

Capitalize such words as northern, southern, eastern, and western when they refer to the people in a region or to their political, social, or cultural activities. Do not capitalize these words when they merely indicate general location or refer to the geography or climate of the region.