Winkies

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Winkies are the yellow-skinned inhabitants of the Winkie Country in L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, known for serving the Wicked Witch of the West before being freed by Dorothy and her friends.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Winkies canonical 4
Winkie 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oz character group
fictional ethnic group
fictional people
allegiance The Tin Man
surface form: Tin Woodman

Wicked Witch of the West
associatedColor yellow
associatedWithCharacter The Cowardly Lion
surface form: Cowardly Lion

Dorothy Gale
The Scarecrow
surface form: Scarecrow

The Tin Man
surface form: Tin Woodman

The Wizard of Oz
surface form: Wizard of Oz
basedIn Oz series
capitalCity Yellow Castle of the Winkies
country Winkie Country
creator L. Frank Baum
enemy Wicked Witch of the West
fictionalUniverse Land of Oz
firstAppearance The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
firstAppearanceYear 1900
formerRuler Wicked Witch of the West
governedBy Wicked Witch of the West
governmentType monarchy under the Tin Woodman
language English (implied in text)
laterRuler The Tin Man
surface form: Tin Woodman
literaryGenre children's fantasy
medium novels
nationalColor yellow
neighboringRegion Gillikin Country
Munchkinland
surface form: Munchkin Country

Quadling Country
notableLocation Winkie Country
notableRuler The Tin Man
surface form: Tin Woodman
notableStructure castle of the Wicked Witch of the West
notableWork Ozma of Oz
The Emerald City of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
primaryOccupationAfterWitch subjects of the Tin Woodman
primaryOccupationUnderWitch servants of the Wicked Witch of the West
regionOfOz West
rescuedBy The Cowardly Lion
surface form: Cowardly Lion

Dorothy Gale
The Scarecrow
surface form: Scarecrow

The Tin Man
surface form: Tin Woodman
series Oz books
skinColor yellow
statusAfterRescue freed
statusBeforeRescue enslaved
terrainDescription mostly level country

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Land of Oz inhabitant Winkies
Munchkins contrastedWith Winkies
Ozian hasRelatedTerm Winkies
this entity surface form: Winkie
Quadlings contrastedWith Winkies