Preciosa
Meaning precious or beautiful in the Spanish and Portuguese languages.
It may refer to the subject of an 1821 play, Preziosa, by the German author Pius Alexander Wolff, with overture and music by Carl Maria von Weber. The title and subject of the play is taken from a 1613 novel of the same name by Cervantes. In involves Prezoisa, the beautiful daughter of a gypsy chief who falls in love with the son of a Spanish nobleman. The musical play was popular in Europe well into the 1830′s.
More generally the term may refer to an especially beautiful woman.
Reference note by p4A editorial staff; 2013.