/**
 * Locality alias remap — when a property is listed under a "parent"
 * municipality that the agent's free-text doesn't mention.
 *
 * Round-3 #75 cohort:
 *  - Lake Lure (NC) listings are often MLS-cataloged under
 *    Rutherfordton.
 *  - Beech Mountain and Sugar Mountain (NC) properties surface under
 *    Banner Elk.
 *
 * Hoisted from zillow-mcp's planned `resolver.ts loadLocalityAliases`
 * (not yet shipped there). Each cohort MCP will adopt this map once
 * 0.1.x publishes — the migration tracker issue lists each adopter.
 */
export interface LocalityKey {
    city: string;
    state: string;
}
export interface LocalityLookup {
    /** Alternate city names the cohort should retry under. */
    aliases: string[];
    /** Preferred resolution if the alias chain converges. */
    resolved: string | null;
}
export declare class LocalityAliasMap {
    private readonly index;
    private constructor();
    /** Default map covering the round-3 #75 cohort. */
    static withDefaults(): LocalityAliasMap;
    /** Empty map — useful in tests / when a consumer wants to opt out. */
    static empty(): LocalityAliasMap;
    /**
     * Load aliases from a JSON file. Shape:
     *
     * ```json
     * { "entries": [
     *   { "city": "Lake Lure", "state": "NC", "aliases": ["Rutherfordton"], "resolved": "Rutherfordton" }
     * ] }
     * ```
     */
    static fromFile(path: string): LocalityAliasMap;
    /**
     * Look up a `{city, state}`. Returns aliases (empty if unknown) and
     * a `resolved` parent locality when the alias chain converges.
     */
    lookup(key: LocalityKey): LocalityLookup;
}