Akela
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hindustani اَکیلَا (akelā) / अकेला (akelā, “alone”).
Proper noun
editAkela
- A fictional wolf character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Noun
editAkela (plural Akelas)
- 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.