Alsea

American  

[al-see-uh, -see] / ælˈsi ə, -ˈsi /

noun

1. an Indigenous people originally of the western and coastal regions of Oregon.

2. a member of this people.

3. either of two closely related languages once spoken by this people.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Alsea, an Indigenous people originally of the western and coastal regions of Oregon.

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Alsea

The company plans to open more restaurants in the state and expand into Mexico City in 2027 as part of its collaboration with Mexican restaurant operator Alsea.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Alsea Chief Financial Officer Rafael Grosskelwing noted that the second quarter was off to a strong start, with Easter week revenues soaring by a fifth versus the comparable prepandemic weekend of 2019.

From Reuters ● May 20, 2022

The mask-optional policy was set to go into effect on Monday, but Alsea schools are closed this week because of COVID-19 cases among staff, officials said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

Alsea SAB, one of the four large publicly traded Domino’s master franchisees outside the U.S., this week surpassed 1,000 Domino’s pizza stores in Mexico, Spain and Colombia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2018

Only a few survive, and they are with the Alsea on the Siletz Reservation, Tillamook County, Oregon.

From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by John Wesley Powell