Fishbourne Roman Palace

[bunn]

Clearly the original residents did not call it that.   I'm guessing it doesn't have a documented original name, or at least I can't find one from hasty rummaging.

If you think it has a Latin name that I've missed, what's it called?   If you think it doesn't have a (known) Latin name, what might be a good name for someone in 197AD to use for it?

(The word Fishbourne sounds and looks Saxon. So It Will Not Do. It is Just Wrong. I know that Chichester is the rather magnificent Noviomagus Regnensium, but I need a separate name for the Palace.)

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[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Something based on the name of one of the owners?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbourne_Roman_Palace

if a name can't be found --

[marycatelli]

piscosos flumine?

or something a person with more Latin knowledge than I have (not hard!) says is the Latin translation, since it means "Fish stream."

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I've skimmed the very thorough guidebook that I bought when we last visited the place, and there's no mention of any original name, not even any wild speculation about it.

What about making up a name inspired by one of the mosaics?