Callipolis's or Callipolis'

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Callipolis's or Callipolis'

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Can both these sentences be correct?

- Callipolis's army is strong;
- Callipolis' army is strong.

In context: Callipolis = fictive city name.

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Re: Callipolis's or Callipolis'

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Both possible, but the second is the more common nowadays.
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