The stuff one learns on a Scotland trip

Bonnie
You most likely know this already - "bonnie" means "handsome" for males, and "pretty" for females. I've always thought it means "little". Super wrong. So imagine my first thought when I heard of "Bonnie Prince Charlie" - he's little? XD

Broch
Pronounced /ˈbrɒx/ - an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found only in Scotland. The one we visited was Dun Beag. Look out for the lamb wool - and lamb poop - all over the area. It was a lovely place. Despite the lamb poop.

Dun
A name in Gaelic for "fort". Similar to brochs.

Eilean
Means "island". So, "Eilean Donan" means "Island of Donan". Fergus, our tour guide, told us one of the films that had soldiers coming off the bridge of Eilean Donan Castle is historically incorrect - for the bridge was a later add-on, during early 1900s.

Highland Cows
I've always known them as "highland cows", because that's what we were told on our previous trip. But no one, absolutely no one, used it during this trip. Everyone called them "heilan coos", or "coos", like, "OMG! Look at them coos! They're so cute!" And Fergus always mock takes a deep breath and asks for patience when this happens. Haha. But he always very kindly slows down or even stops the mini bus when opportunity permits to let us go gaga over them and take pics of them.

Jacobite
Means "supporter of James".

Loch
Means "lake". Scotland has lots of lochs! Famous ones are of course, Loch Lomond and Loch Ness.

Lochan
Means "little lake". Makes me think of the adding of "-chan" to names in Japanese to mean a person younger than you.

Marquetry
Never heard of this until that visit to Eilean Donan Castle. It is "the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns". No pictures, sorry - can't take pics inside Eilean Donan Castle. Google image this word and you'll see lots of examples.

Perth 
The first thought that comes to mind might be - the city in Australia. But it is also a city in central Scotland, located on the banks of the River Tay. "Perth" is a Pictish word, meaning "wood" or "copse".

Scone
We all know scones - that bunch of bread that's so tasty with butter. It's pronounced /skoʊn, skɒn/
There's a Scone Palace in Scotland, and it's not pronounced the same - for the Palace, "Scone" is pronounced /ˈskuːn/