"Kyrkan ligger öster om staden."

Translation: The church is located east of the city.

[Mohamad446649]

I wonder why I get as another translation exactly the same one I wrote

[pmelosh]

The only difference I see is that there is one extra space in their answer.

[YouriLem]

could we say "Kyrkan ligger öst om staden"?

[Edvin40261]

No not really it would only sound wrong and unnatural you should say "Kyrkan ligger öster om staden"

[dianis2030]

I don't think this sentence is correct
It should say :
The church is in the east of the city

[boDjwyEj]

The church is east of town...

[LikeaDucktoWater]

Is the word "stad" mean both "town" and "city" in Swedish ?

[Jani430233]

Yes, that is correct. The word "stad" means both town and city, there is no difference.