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What does という言葉 mean?

I stumbled across this expression many times already, and I don't know what いう
means here.

Taking this [sentence](https://kiwi-english.net/6112) as a basic example:

> 「大変」 **という言葉** 、普段の会話の中で結構使いませんか？

  1. Would it be possible to say (a) "「大変」 **と言葉** 、普段の会話の中で結構使いませんか？" or (b) "「大変」 **の言葉** 、普段の会話の中で結構使いませんか？"

  2. What would be the difference between the basic sentence and the modified sentences (a) and (b) in 1)?

Nb: I saw the discussion on
[ていう言葉](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/84565/what-%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E8%A8%80%E8%91%89-means),
but it doesn't answer my question because (1) it is not about という言葉 per se (2)
the meaning of という言葉 is not discussed, although this expression is mentioned
(3) the meaning of いう is discussed, but it is a bit vague to me
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What does という言葉 mean?
「大変」という言葉 means:

> the word "taihen"

A translation of the sentence 「大変」という言葉、普段の会話の中で結構使いませんか？ could be:

> I bet you use the word "taihen" a lot in conversation, don't you?

Of your proposed alternatives, と言葉 is definitely grammatically incorrect,
whereas の言葉 is grammatically OK and would probably be understood but is just
not as common or idiomatic as という言葉, which is the best choice for this
sentence.

Just think of という as being the preposition that is used in the context. It
literally translates as 'the word that says "taihen"' but we don't say that in
English so the translation is 'the word "taihen"'.
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