The sentence is

> というのは、スプーンのことをやまと言葉では「かい」といいます。

I understand the general meaning, but can't get these two things:

  1. the meaning of というのは in the beginning;
  2. why を is used in 

> スプーンのことを

Could anyone help me please?
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grammar meaning
What does というのは、[...]のことを mean in this sentence?
"というのは" means "This is because." There should be another sentence before this.

"を" is used in the pattern of "AをBという", which means "we call A B."
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