Editing Alpha Centauri (section)

=== Other names ===
During the 19th&nbsp;century, the northern amateur popularist E.H. Burritt used the now-obscure name Bungula ({{IPAc-en|'|b|V|N|g|juː|l|@}}).<ref>{{cite book |first=Elijah Hinsdale |last=Burritt |year=1850 |title=Atlas: Designed to illustrate the geography of the heavens |publisher=F. J. Huntington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHdtuwEACAAJ }}</ref> Its origin is not known, but it may have been coined from the Greek letter [[beta]] ({{mvar|β}}) and Latin {{lang|la|ungula}} 'hoof', originally for [[Beta Centauri]] (the other hoof).<ref name=Allen/><ref name=Kunitx-Smart-2006/>

In [[Chinese astronomy]], {{lang|zh|南門}} ''Nán Mén'', meaning [[Horn (Chinese constellation)|Southern Gate]], refers to an [[Asterism (astronomy)|asterism]] consisting of Alpha&nbsp;Centauri and [[Epsilon Centauri|Epsilon&nbsp;Centauri]]. Consequently, the [[Chinese star names|Chinese name]] for Alpha Centauri itself is {{lang|zh|南門二}} ''Nán Mén Èr'', the Second Star of the Southern Gate.<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [ AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 27 日]</ref>

To the Indigenous [[Wergaia|Boorong]] people of northwestern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] in Australia, Alpha Centauri and [[Beta Centauri]] are Bermbermgle,<ref name=hamacher>{{cite journal |last1=Hamacher |first1= Duane W.|last2=Frew |first2= David J.|year=2010|title=An Aboriginal Australian Record of the Great Eruption of Eta Carinae|journal=Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage|volume=13|issue=3
|pages=220–234|doi= 10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2010.03.06|arxiv=1010.4610|bibcode=2010JAHH...13..220H|s2cid= 118454721}}</ref> two brothers noted for their courage and destructiveness, who speared and killed Tchingal "The Emu" (the [[Coalsack Nebula]]).<ref name=stanbridge>{{cite journal|last=Stanbridge |first= W. M.|year=1857|title=On the Astronomy and Mythology of the Aboriginies of Victoria|journal=Transactions Philosophical Institute Victoria|volume=2|pages=137–140}}</ref> The form in [[Wergaia|Wotjobaluk]] is Bram-bram-bult.<ref name=hamacher/>