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In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, this star was designated Thanih Saad al Saaoud (تاني سعد السعود - taanii sa‘d al-su‘ūd), which was translated into Latin as Secunda Fortunæ Fortunarum, meaning the second of luck of lucks. This star, along with β Aqr (Sadalsuud) and c Cet, were Saʽd al Suʽud (سعد السعود), the Luck of Lucks.
In Chinese, 天壘城 (Tiān Lěi Chéng), meaning Celestial Ramparts, refers to an asterism consisting of ξ Aquarii, 46 Capricorni, 47 Capricorni, λ Capricorni, 50 Capricorni, 18 Aquarii, 29 Capricorni, 9 Aquarii, 8 Aquarii, ν Aquarii, 14 Aquarii, 17 Aquarii and 19 Aquarii. Consequently, ξ Aquarii itself is known as 天壘城一 (Tiān Lěi Chéng yī, English: the First Star of Celestial Ramparts.)
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