〜という

called / named

Names or describes something: "a X called Y", or "the (story, idea) that…".

Readings

How to form it

Put the name before という and the kind of thing after it: 田中(たなか)という人(ひと) (a person called Tanaka), すき焼(や)きという料理(りょうり) (a dish called sukiyaki).
Use it for names the listener may not know.
After a clause, it gives the content of a noun such as 話(はなし) (story) or 意見(いけん) (opinion): 彼(かれ)が結婚(けっこん)するという話(はなし) (the news that he's getting married).
という is usually written in hiragana. In casual speech it becomes って: 田中(たなか)って人(ひと). See 〜って.

「すき焼(や)き」という料理(りょうり)を知(し)っていますか。

Do you know the dish called sukiyaki?

田中(たなか)さんという人(ひと)から電話(でんわ)がありました。

There was a call from someone called Tanaka.