Koala

//koʊˈɑː.lə//

Synonyms for "koala" (23 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(3 words)

koala bear native bear phascolarctos cinereus

animal antelope

Strong matches (7)

armadillo bat elephant hare horse kangaroo

Noun(1 words)

carbora

Related words (11)

Noun(2 words)

kangaroo bear native monkey

koala bear mammal native bear native monkey opossum phascolarctos cinereus pig platypus rat

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

3 entries

opossum phalanger possum

Synonyms

4 entries

koala bear native bear native monkey phascolarctos cinereus

Related terms

3 entries

Gundaroo bullock Phascolarctos cinereus drop bear

at location

52 entries

artwork austraila austraila in tree eatin bamboo australian forest australian outback austrialia bamboo forest bamboo grove bamboo tree bedroom book branch of eucalyptus tree branches of tree brookfield zoo cage captivity

Showing 16 of 52 words.

capable of

2 entries

climb trees eat eucalyptus

dbpedia genus

1 entries

phascolarctos

derived

2 entries

koala fucker koala lemur

is a

3 entries

australian marsupial mammal phalanger

related to

4 entries

bear gundaroo bullock marsupial phascolarctos cinereus

Translations

92 translations across 75 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

koalë noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Arabic

1 entries

كُوَالَا noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Armenian

2 entries

կոալա noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
պարկավոր արջ noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܟܘܿܐܵܠܵܐ noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Asturian

1 entries

coala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Basque

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Belarusian

1 entries

каа́ла noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Bengali

1 entries

কোয়ালা noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Bulgarian

1 entries

коа́ла noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Burmese

1 entries

ကွားလားကောင် noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Catalan

1 entries

coala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎪᏩᎳ ᏲᎾ noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Chinese

1 entries

無尾熊 /无尾熊 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

樹熊 /树熊 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
樹袋熊 /树袋熊 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

樹袋熊 /树袋熊 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
無尾熊 /无尾熊 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
考拉 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Czech

2 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
medvídek koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Danish

2 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
koalabjørn noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Darkinjung

1 entries

kuluwañ noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Dutch

3 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
koalabeer noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
koalabeertje noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Esperanto

1 entries

koalo noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Estonian

1 entries

koaala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Finnish

2 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
pussikarhu noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

French

2 entries

Koala name (surname)
koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Gabi

1 entries

gulla noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Galician

2 entries

coala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Georgian

1 entries

კოალა noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

German

1 entries

Koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Greek

1 entries

κοάλα noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

無尾熊 /无尾熊 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Hebrew

1 entries

קוֹאָלָה noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Hindi

1 entries

कोआला noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Hungarian

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Icelandic

1 entries

pokabjörn noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Ido

1 entries

koalo noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Indonesian

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Interlingua

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Irish

1 entries

cóála noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Italian

2 entries

fascolarto noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Japanese

3 entries

コアラ noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
子守熊 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
袋熊 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Kaurna

1 entries

kuula noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Kazakh

1 entries

коала noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Korean

2 entries

코알라 name (surname)
코알라 noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

коала noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Latvian

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Lithuanian

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Malay

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Marathi

1 entries

कोआला name (surname)

Mongolian

1 entries

коала noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Māori

1 entries

koāra noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Navajo

1 entries

shash bizaʼazis hólóní noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries

miluriwatitji noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Norwegian

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Persian

1 entries

کوآلا noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Polish

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Portuguese

1 entries

coala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Romanian

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Russian

1 entries

коа́ла noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Samoan

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

koàla noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
коа̀ла noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Slovak

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Slovene

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Spanish

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Swedish

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Tagalog

1 entries

kowala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Thai

1 entries

โคอาลา noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Turkish

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Turkmen

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Ukrainian

1 entries

коа́ла noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Urdu

1 entries

کوآلا noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Uzbek

1 entries

koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Vietnamese

2 entries

gấu túi noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)
koala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Welsh

1 entries

coala noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Wiradjuri

1 entries

barrandhang noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

gurborra noun (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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The koala is an animal peculiar to Australia.

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Look at that koala over there.

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I saw a koala for the first time.

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He took a picture of the koala.

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