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Searching rooms in a space should also find rooms by alias

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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Rooms may have a certain name for historical reasons, and benefit from having aliases (local or not) that make their purpose more explicit.
For instance a "Home" room may be also have a #all-hands:server.tld alias.

When searching for rooms in a space, it would be helpful to also search these aliases for a match, not just searching the room name.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
Type search terms in the space room search, find rooms that match at both the room name and alias level.

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Add other tags / terms that might be searched for in the room's description and return search results matching room descriptions.

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Research direction

Start at the space room search described in the issue and trace how room names are currently matched. Confirm which Element client owns that search and how aliases are represented; done means matching aliases as well as room names, with coverage for both matching paths.

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Assessment

Domain
search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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