[ابو بيشو]

1 am staying in a small town by Oxford.
I am staying in a small town near Oxford.
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by = next to or very close to something: 'I've been sitting by the phone%ll
morning waiting for her to ring.' 'I'll meet you on the corner, by the bank.'
When talking about the position of towns, cities, countries etc, use near:
'I spent the first month in a little village called Farchant, near Garmen-
Partenkirchen.'