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.

Example Sentences

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

Chaos, it turns out, is what you want for the coho salmon and other fish that use this tributary of the Alsea River.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021

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

Japanese buoy with Japanese oyster Crassostrea gigas found floating ashore of Alsea Bay, Oregon in 2012.

From The Verge • Sep. 28, 2017

These Indians, including those at the Alsea sub-agency, have a reservation of 1,100,800 acres set apart for them by treaty of Aug.

From The Indian Question (1874) by Walker, Francis Amasa