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koala

Koala comes from the Dharug language of Sydney, gula; colonists first wrote it koolah and cullawine before the spelling koala settled in.

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Wiktionary: koala
Australian National Dictionary via Wiktionary
Etymonline: koala (Wayback copy)

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