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akela

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Akela¹

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

proper noun

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

noun Akelas · 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.

akela²

noun akelas

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Akela

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"akela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/akela. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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akela. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/akela

Chicago

"akela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/akela.

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@misc{akela_2026,
  title = {akela},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/akela},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}