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koala¹

  • /koʊˈɑː.lə/
  • /kəʊˈɑː.lə/
  • /ˈkwɑː.lə/
  • /kəˈwɑː.lə/ Australia
  • /kəʊˈɑː.lə/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɑːlə

Where it comes from

From Dharug gula or gulawany.

noun koalas

  1. A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

    Similar: Phascolarctos cinereus, koala bear, native bear, native monkey, carbora

Koala²

Where it comes from

From French Koala, from West Africa.

proper noun Koalas · Coala · Coalla · Koalla

  1. countable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A village and commune of Saaba department, Kadiogo, Centre, Burkina Faso.
  3. countable, uncountable A village and commune of Sourgoubila department, Kourwéogo, Plateau-Central, Burkina Faso.
  4. countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable A former settlement and capital of Koala, Liptako, West Africa, destroyed at the end of the eponymous kingdom by Fula rebellion
  5. countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable A former kingdom in Liptako, West Africa founded by the Gourmantché people
  6. countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable A former kingdom in Liptako, West Africa founded by the Gourmantché people after the destruction of the first kingdom by the Fula

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: koala bear, native bear, kangaroo bear, phascolarctos cinereus, proba, coala, bear, phascolarctid, australian bear, drop bear, tree kangaroo, tree-kangaroo, native monkey, drop-bear, tammar, bandicoot

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noun a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear

Españolkoala
한국어코알라 koalla
日本語コアラ koara, 子守熊 komoriguma, 袋熊 fukuro-guma
中文樹袋熊 /树袋熊 shùdàixióng, 無尾熊 /无尾熊 wúwěixióng, 考拉 kǎolā
हिन्दीकोआला koālā
Portuguêscoala
Françaiskoala
DeutschKoala
Italianokoala, fascolarto
Ελληνικάκοάλα koála
Românăkoala
Русскийкоа́ла koála
Tiếng Việtkoala, gấu túi
العربيةكُوَالَا kuwalā
עבריתקוֹאָלָה koala

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한국어코알라 koalla
FrançaisKoala

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@misc{koala_2026,
  title = {koala},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/koala},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}