akela
noun
(in the Cub Scouts) a pack leader.
akela
American
[uh-kee-luh]
/ əˈki lə /
noun
Akela
British
/ ɑːˈkeɪlə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of akela
After Akela, leader of the wolf pack in The Jungle Books by Kipling
Example Sentences
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"M3GAN" screenwriter Akela Cooper further reinforced M3GAN's reputation, saying the film's theme of found family rang true for many queer viewers.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023
His nuptials with Akela Banuelos at an ocean-view vista in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., would mark the beginning of a new journey, and now here was the national team offering a fresh start.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
Credit the haute modness to the costume designer Daniel Cruden but her hauteur to the screenwriter Akela Cooper, who has a way with melodrama.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
With ‘Malignant,’ ‘M3GAN’ and ‘The Nun 2,’ writer Akela Cooper is the ‘merciless’ new voice of studio horror — and the genre is better for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
"Well," begins Akela, "many hundreds of years ago there lived a boy——"
From Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light by Barclay, Vera C. (Vera Charlesworth)
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