Adults Could Earn The Rank of Eagle Scout. Scouting began in 1910 and included boys in the age group of 12 to 17. In 1949, the age group was changed to 11 to 17. And in 1972 it was again changed to 11 or completed 5th grade.
Samara /sama-ra/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced sah-MAH-ah. It is of Hebrew and Arabic origin, and the meaning of Samara is guardian or protected by God; night talk. The name of a Russian city. Samarra is the name of an ancient Iraqi city.
Samara is most likely a corruption of Samaria, a Biblical place name which was once the capital of the Kingdom of Israel in the Old Testament starting in the 9th century B.C. (1 Kings 16:24) â[King Omri] bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built Samaria, ...