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
RÚNi	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Malte	MAHL-tə (German)	Danish, Swedish, German
Hikmat	-	Arabic
Tatianna	ta-tee-AN-ə, ta-TYAN-ə	English (Modern)
Stephanie	['stefəni]
June	JOON	English