# 이라는 (-ilanun)
*Allomorph*: 라는 (-lanun)

This postposition marks [ss Identity]. It marks the argument nominal of verbs of considering (e.g., consider, deem, acknowledge) or designation (e.g., call, name). The marked nominal is an identity (e.g., category, name, label).

[gex 001 "{매니져[p ko/란 Identity]||manager-so_called} {사람[p ko/이 Agent]||person-NOM} {말했다 talked}." "A person called 'manager' talked."]

[gex 002 "{정치[p ko/란 Identity]||politics-means} {'바르게 하는 것'이다||'to make straight'-be}." "Cengchi (politics) means 'to make straight'."]

See also: quotatives in a similar use [ss Identity--Content]