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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mridula	-	Indian, Hindi
Xanthos	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Merv	MURV	English
Disha	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Dariusz	DAHR-yuwsh	Polish
Nitin	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada