koala
/koʊˈɑː.lə/
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Australia/kəˈwɑː.lə/
koala noun: 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.
Noun
koala (plural koalas)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- Phascolarctos cinereus, koala bear, native bear, native monkey, carbora
Proper noun capitalized: Koala
Koala (countable and uncountable, plural Koalas)
- A surname.
- A village and commune of Saaba department, Kadiogo, Centre, Burkina Faso.
- A village and commune of Sourgoubila department, Kourwéogo, Plateau-Central, Burkina Faso.
- A former settlement and capital of Koala, Liptako, West Africa, destroyed at the end of the eponymous kingdom by Fula rebellion
- A former kingdom in Liptako, West Africa founded by the Gourmantché people
- A former kingdom in Liptako, West Africa founded by the Gourmantché people after the destruction of the first kingdom by the Fula
koala meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
koala in Hindi
- a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear
- कोआला koālā
koala in Tamil
- மரக்கரடி, காலா
koala in Marathi
- कोआला
koala in Urdu
- a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear
- کوآلا koālā
More languagesFewer languages
- koala in Bengali
- কোয়ালা kōẇala
- koala in Punjabi
- ਕੋਆਲਾ
- koala in Gujarati
- કોઆલા
- koala in Odia
- କୋଆଲା
- koala in Nepali
- कोआला
- koala in Tagalog
- kowala
- koala in Arabic
- كُوَالَا kuwalā
- koala in Malay
- koala
- koala in Indonesian
- koala
- koala in Persian
- کوآلا ko-âlâ
- koala in Thai
- โคอาลา koo-aa-lâa
- koala in Vietnamese
- koala, gấu túi
- koala in Myanmar
- ကွားလားကောင် kwa:la:kaung
Synonyms of koala
- Phascolarctos cinereus
- koala bear
- native bear
- native monkey
- carbora
Forms of koala
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | koalas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Koalas |
| alternative form | Coala |
| alternative form | Coalla |
| alternative form | Koalla |
Origin of koala
From Dharug gula or gulawany.
From French Koala, from West Africa.
Words formed from koala
Phrases with koala
Words that rhyme with koala
Questions about koala
- What does koala mean?
- Koala means 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.
- What is koala in Hindi?
- Koala in Hindi is कोआला (koālā). See Koala meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is koala?
- Koala can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce koala?
- Koala is pronounced /koʊˈɑː.lə/.
- What is the plural of koala?
- The plural of koala is koalas.
Words near koala in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: koala (page history and authors); Koala (page history and authors); koala (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); koala (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); koala (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); koala (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); koala (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); koala (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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