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
Tadej	-	Slovene
Kandi	KAN-dee	English
Gaiane	-	Ancient Greek
Touthmosis	-	Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)
Suvi	SOO-vee	Finnish
Chizqiyahu	-	Biblical Hebrew