export declare function normalize(name: string): string;
/**
 * Normalize a country name, resolving known aliases to DB canonical names.
 */
export declare function normalizeCountry(country: string): string;
/**
 * Resolve a team name + country to the DB canonical form.
 * Returns null if no alias exists.
 */
export declare function resolveTeamAlias(normName: string, normCountry: string): {
    name: string;
    country: string;
} | null;
/**
 * The two name markers the axes are read from. They live here rather than in
 * `classification/squad-gender` because that module imports them, so the
 * dependency runs one way only.
 *
 * Read them through `markersFromName`, which answers each axis independently
 * and returns *absent* rather than a default when a name says nothing. A bare
 * `.test()` treats silence as an assertion, which is what made an unmarked
 * name read as "men's" and cost LEA-7 a great many correct links.
 */
export declare const WOMEN_PATTERN: RegExp;
export declare const YOUTH_PATTERN: RegExp;
/**
 * Resolve a league name + country to the DB canonical form.
 * Returns null if no alias exists.
 */
export declare function resolveLeagueAlias(normName: string, normCountry: string): {
    name: string;
    country: string;
} | null;
/**
 * Every distinct `normalizedName::normalizedCountry` this table rewrites TO.
 *
 * Exposed so a rename can be checked against it before it is applied: each one
 * has to name a league we actually hold, and a rename is the only thing that
 * silently makes one stop doing so. `staleLeagueAliasTargets` in
 * `matching/league-display-names` is the check.
 */
export declare function leagueAliasTargets(): string[];
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