 Tangut kings went by the title of Wuzu.According to sources in the Tangut language, the Tangut state known now as the Western Xia was named translated as "Great State of White and Lofty" ("phôn¹ mbın² lhi̯ə tha²").Although the Chinese translation of this name () was occasionally used in Tangut sources, the state was most commonly referred to as the "Great Xia" (大夏) in Chinese-language sources of the Tangut or as the "Xia State" () to the Song.