という details

write + called

kaku to iu

called; named; the fact that

駅前えきまえに「はな」という喫茶店きっさてんがあります。

ekimae ni "hana" to iu kissaten ga arimasu.

In front of the station there's a coffee shop called Hana. neutral

来年らいねんから料金りょうきんが変かわるという話はなしを聞ききました。

rainen kara ryoukin ga kawaru to iu hanashi o kikimashita.

I heard talk that the fees will change starting next year. neutral

colloquial
contraction

Examples

called; named — XというY introduces Y by a name the listener may not know

駅前えきまえに「はな」という喫茶店きっさてんがあります。

ekimae ni "hana" to iu kissaten ga arimasu.

In front of the station there's a coffee shop called Hana. neutral

「ねこふんじゃった」っていう曲きょく、弾ひける？

"nekofunjatta" tte iu kyoku, hikeru?

Can you play that piece called "The Flea Waltz"? casual

the fact that; that — packages a whole clause as the content of a noun like 話・うわさ・意味

来年らいねんから料金りょうきんが変かわるという話はなしを聞ききました。

rainen kara ryoukin ga kawaru to iu hanashi o kikimashita.

I heard talk that the fees will change starting next year. neutral

当日とうじつは公共こうきょう交通こうつう機関きかんをご利用りよういただきたいということです。

toujitsu wa koukyou koutsuu kikan o go riyou itadakitai to iu koto desu.

The word is that attendees are asked to use public transport on the day. formal

Formation

NというNattaches to noun phrase (schematic)
{V}というattaches to dictionary form

Variant notes

っていう — the spoken default before nouns — 「はな」っていう店[みせ]
って — っていう clipped further; casual speech only — 山田[やまだ]って人[ひと]

Notes

Kanji と言う means someone literally says it; the naming and clause-packaging uses stay in kana という. In the content use という ALLOWS だ (無理[むり](だ)という結論[けつろん]) where かどうか/embedded か forbid it; the naming use takes none.

Related patterns

Similar

と思う
Same quotative と over a finished plain clause — 言う puts the content in someone's mouth, 思う in the speaker's head; 来ると言っている reports their words and commits them, 来ると思う offers only the speaker's own guess.

Lookalikes

と
Identical と, opposite parse, and what follows decides it — ドアを開けると言った is quotative (said he'd open it), ドアを開けると寒い is conditional (when you open it, it's cold); only the quotative と can relax to って.