why charged chlorine is called chloride?

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When a halogen atom gains an electron, it becomes a negatively charged ion(anion). The negative ions that consist of a single atom are named by adding the suffix -ide to the stem of the name of the element.Therefore, charged chlorine is called chloride.

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