akela

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proper noun

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

OriginHindustani →
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Meanings

akela1

nounakela (plural akelas)

plural akelas

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Akela.

Akela2

proper noun
  1. A fictional wolf character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
nounAkela (plural Akelas)

plural Akelas · alternative akela

  1. The leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.

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

    1995, Boy Scouts of Canada. National Council, The Cub Book
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    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.

    2023 October 12, Alan Partridge, Alan Partridge: Big Beacon, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Hindustani
  2. EnglishAkela

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

AlakealeakKelaa
Cite this entry
APA

akela. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akela

MLA

“akela.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akela. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “akela,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akela.

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