Akela

See also: akela, ʻAkela, and Ākèlā

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani اَکیلَا (akelā) / अकेला (akelā, “alone”).

Proper noun

Akela

Akela.

1. A fictional wolf character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Noun

Akela (plural Akelas)

1. The leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.
   • 1995, Boy Scouts of Canada. National Council, The Cub Book:

     Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.

Alternative forms

• akela

See also

• Bagheera

Anagrams

• aleak