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Akela
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akela ʻAkela Ākèlā
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en inc-hnd ur اَکیلَا / hi अकेला alone.
Proper noun
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A fictional wolf character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Noun
The leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.
en 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.
en 2023-10-12 Alan Partridge Alan Partridge: Big Beacon Hachette UK 9781398719248 The incident that cost him his licence, flying his plane too close to a Scout hut, followed the discovery that his wife was having an affair with a local Akela.
Alternative forms
en akela
See also
en Bagheera
Anagrams
en aaekl aleak
en Fictional characters Rudyard Kipling People Scouting
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
m-an
sh male historical
Further reading
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