Akela
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindustani اَکیلَا (akelā) / अकेला (akelā, “alone”).
Proper noun
[edit]Akela
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- A fictional wolf character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Noun
[edit]Akela (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.