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The Gerudo are a race in. They are warriors by reputation, feared and respected in the countries they inhabit. Due to an unique biological quirk, the race consists almost solely of females. A single male Gerudo is born into the tribe every hundred years. This male is destined by Gerudo law to become their king. Ganondorf is the only Gerudo male to have appeared in the series.

The Gerudo as a race have appeared in a few titles, appearing only in, , and. In other games, Ganondorf is the only confirmed Gerudo, with the exception of Twinrova, who also appear in the.

Gerudo are also encountered as enemies in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.

Etymology
The names of the Gerudo and Gerudo Desert were likely chosen based on the enemies introduced in and, the sand-dwilling Geldarm (ゲルドアーム, Gerudoāmu) and Geldman (ゲルドマン, Gerudoman). One page of the Hyrule Historia, showing the Gerudo Alphabet, implies that Nintendo originally intended for the Gerudo to be translated as Geldo.