sail up a river



sail up a river

to travel upstream on a river in a boat or ship. We sailed up the Amazon River in a large, seagoing ship. It was not possible to sail up the Mississippi as far as we wanted.
See also: river, sail, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
WendaWEN-dəEnglish (Rare)
KurtKUWRT (German), KURT (English)German, English
Lovre-Croatian
Bolormaa-Mongolian
AmÉRicoah-ME-ree-ko (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Hall&Thorn;ÓRa-Ancient Scandinavian